The Cirrus is a German single-place
paraglider
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a :wikt:harness, harness or in ...
that was designed and produced by
Swing Flugsportgeräte of
Landsberied, near the Bavarian Alps. It is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 32. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The Cirrus was designed as an advanced and cross country glider.
The design progressed through several generations of models, each improving on the last. The models are each named for their approximate projected wing area in square metres.
Variants
;Cirrus 3 24
:Mid-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 75 cells and the
aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a geometry, geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangl ...
is 5.8:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is
Deutscher Hängegleiterverband e.V. (DHV) 2-3 certified.
;Cirrus 3 26
:Large-sized model for heavy-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 75 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.8:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is DHV 2-3 certified.
Specifications (Cirrus 3 24)
References
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Paragliders