Set-up: Hang gliders fold up for transport and take about 15 to 20 minutes to set up and prepare to launch paragliders are packed completely assembled and take about 5 to 10 minutes to set-up and prepare to launch.Transport: Hang gliders typically weigh more than 50 pounds, can be carried balanced on your shoulder, and require a roof rack to transport on a vehicle paragliders typically weigh less than 50 pounds, are carried in a backpack, and can fit inside a vehicle.The key differences between hang gliding and paragliding Paragliding is the most practical way to live amongst the clouds and soar like a bird. You can enjoy paragliding if you’re a 12 year old girl, an 80 year old man, or someone in between. Like other aviation, paragliding is dependent on weather, maturity and judgment, and the pilot’s ability to make good decisions. The lightweight kits make it very accessible to hike to launches. Everything you need to fly fits in your backpack, which you can check onto a plane or put in the trunk of your car as you travel. This is the most practical type of aviation on the planet. Paragliding has a huge following all over the world, and all the equipment fits in a backpack weighing anywhere from 25-50 pounds depending on your equipment choices. Pilots' prone position when flying gives hang gliding the feeling of flying like a bird. Hang gliders can withstand more G-forces than many single engine aircraft and can be folded up into a bag that is 16’-18’ long and a foot in diameter and easily transported on the roof of a car. That means they fly 16 feet forward for every foot of altitude they lose when flying in calm air. Although gliders normally fly between 20 and 30 mph, they can reach speeds in excess of 80 mph and have a glide ratio of up to 16:1. Hang gliders are now made of aircraft aluminum or carbon fiber, stainless steel cable and Dacron (the same material sailboat sails are made of) and weigh between 45 lbs.
Hang gliders have evolved from Francis Rogallo’s original flexible wing (as described in the History) into modern day flying marvels.
It’s the best thing I have ever done.” Or as Leonardo da Vinci said, Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return. Hang gliding is the closest thing I’ve found to matching that feeling in my dreams. A recent student summed it up like this: “I’ve had dreams of flying my whole life. It’s everything you think it would be (and probably more). Trying to describe the feeling of flying a hang glider is almost impossible.
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