FREE FLIGHT WINGS DESIGN STUDIO
leparagliding-3.28 Updates report — Download
2026-04-12: Calage concept and prototype adjustment
Swoop calage app — adjust relative angle of attack for parakites
This application allows us to see how the wing's calage varies when varying the relative angle of attack. Remember that a parakite is mainly controlled by varying the angle of attack or calage of each half-wing. Thus, the adjustment is more difficult than a fixed calage wing.
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This application allows us to see how the wing's calage varies when varying the relative angle of attack. Remember that a parakite is mainly controlled by varying the angle of attack or calage of each half-wing. Thus, the adjustment is more difficult than a fixed calage wing.
Interfaces: DE | EN | FR | 中文 | RU
Zoom: EN zoom
March 2026: first Swoop 18 proto #1 flight tests. The planned calage seems
correct (30%). With fixed risers everything seems correct. Speed and
performance is good. Wingtip stability correct. With parakite risers we
still need to find the maximum and minimum flight AoA.
Development of LEparagliding — Section 27: wingtip type "2" with generic parabola.
Version 3.27.1 of lepg (GUI) has been released by Stefan Feuz and can be downloaded from here: GitHub release — LEparagliding-3.27 (console)
Version 3.27.1 of lepg (GUI) has been released by Stefan Feuz and can be downloaded from here: GitHub release — LEparagliding-3.27 (console)
Swoop parakite — is a 6.10 aspect ratio, 50 cells, true three-liner, reflex parakite
(new gnuReflex airfoil). Developed jointly by Pere Casellas and Tim Weber.
Prototype no. 1 is currently under construction by Tim Weber. Plans available
in initial size 18 m2.
gnuReflex airfoil — used in gnuReflex and Swoop paragliders
UAK04 airfoil by Keith Kie, Vandenberg (California)
The expoLAB2025 exhibition took place on September 20, with a deliberately private feel. It marks a milestone in the history of Laboratori d'envol. After three complicated years for me (2023, 2024, 2025), with a low production of designs and software, in October the Laboratory will move definitively to Les Escaules. I sense a new stage with new ideas and the desire to fly high again.
— Pere, September 25, 2025
