The Ellipse Titan is a French
high-wing
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, single-place,
hang glider
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designed and produced by
La société Ellipse
Ellipse is a French aircraft manufacturer, located in Étuz. The company specializes in building hang gliders and ultralight trikes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 43. Pagefast Ltd, Lan ...
of
Étuz
Étuz is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Saône department
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, introduced in 2002.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 43. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The Titan was designed as a competition hang glider and is built in two different models and two sizes.
Typical of the series, the Titan Comp 12.5 is made from
aluminum
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tubing, with the wing covered in
Dacron
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sailcloth. Its span wing is a "topless" design, lacking a
kingpost and upper
flying wires
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. The nose angle is 132° and the
aspect ratio
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is 7.2:1. The model number indicates the approximate wing area in square metres.
Variants
;Titan Comp 12.5
:Small sized topless model with a wing area of , wing span of , aspect ratio of 7.2:1 and a pilot hook-in weight range of .
;Titan Comp 13.5
:Large sized topless model with a wing area of , wing span of , aspect ratio of 7.4:1 and a pilot hook-in weight range of .
;Titan Easy 12.5
:Small sized model with a kingpost and a wing area of , wing span of , aspect ratio of 7.2:1 and a pilot hook-in weight range of .
;Titan Comp 13.5
:Large sized model with a kingpost and a wing area of , wing span of , aspect ratio of 7.4:1 and a pilot hook-in weight range of .
Specifications (Titan Easy 13.5)
See also
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Hang gliding
Hang gliding is an air sports, air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium al ...
References
External links
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