اخبار - In September of 2008, we gave you a sneak preview of the HPP (click here for the news piece) which, to our knowledge, is the highest performance paraglider that has ever been built and flown.
In September of 2008, we gave you a sneak preview of the HPP (click here for the news piece) which, to our knowledge, is the highest performance paraglider that has ever been built and flown.
The Ozone Test and Design Team have continued to work on this project, scaling back the HPP to a less extreme version that would be more realistic to fly in true thermal conditions. After many prototypes and a lot of test flying by Luc Armant (our new fluid dynamics expert), Luc is happy to admit that the current version is a feasible XC wing.
What this means is that the Baby HPP (BBHPP) is now the highest performing Open Class wing in existence, with an incredible advantage over the highest performance Open Class wings in the world, with a glide ratio of 1.7 better than the highest performing comp wings (at about 11.7) and a top speed of 70kmh.
At the moment, we cannot divulge design and construction details, but suffice it to say that this wing uses cutting edge performance technology, several never before seen design elements, and we'll let you know more as soon as we can. For now, in Luc's words: