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Flight Design Twin

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Top speed
  
40 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Flight Design

Wingspan
  
15 m

The Flight Design Twin is a German two-place, paraglider that was designed by Michaël Hartmann and Stefan Müller and produced by Flight Design of Landsberied. It is now out of production.

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Design and development

The aircraft was designed as a tandem glider for flight training. Test flying was carried out by factory test pilot Richard Bergmann.

The aircraft's 15.1 m (49.5 ft) span wing has 72 cells, a wing area of 43 m2 (460 sq ft) and an aspect ratio of 5.3:1. The pilot weight range is 160 to 210 kg (353 to 463 lb). The glider is DHV 1-2 Biplace certified.

The design progressed through three generations of models, the Twin, Twin 2 and the Twin 3, each improving on the last.

Specifications (Twin 3)

Data from Bertrand

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 15.1 m (49 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 43 m2 (460 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 5.3:1

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 40 km/h (25 mph; 22 kn)
  • Rate of sink: 1.1 m/s (220 ft/min)

    • References

    Flight Design Twin Wikipedia
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