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Air-Sport Lhotse Paraglider
Some tables, some simple graphics and a great pic of the Air-Sport Lhotse! Not the Airsport Lhotse, the manufacturer himself informed me. Like a bit of arm-chair paragliding? Among these paragliding DVDs from Amazon there's a couple that have copped a bad review, but could still be worth a look. A few are very recent, having been released in 2010.

Photo kindly supplied by Air-Sport.
| Year of Manufacture | 2005 | | Certification | CEN Performance | | Size Designation | 28 |
Price
Note: The international prices below are only a guide, being Sep 2006 currency conversions from the 2005 price in Euros!
| Euros | 1600 | EUR | | U.S. Dollars | 2000 | USD | | United Kingdom Pounds | 1100 | GBP | | Australian Dollars | 2700 | AUD | | South African Rand | 15000 | ZAR | | South Korean Won | 1900000 | KRW | | Indian Rupees | 93200 | INR |
Numerical Data
For all you number-crunchers out there, feast on this:| pilot take-off weight | 85-110 kg | (188-243 lbs) | | wing weight | 4.5 kg | (9.9 lbs) | | wing area (flat) | 28.3 m² | (305 ft²) | | wing area (projected) | 24.3 m² | (261 ft²) | | wing span (flat) | 11.4 m | (37 ft) | | wing span (projected) | 9.2 m | (30 ft) | | aspect ratio (flat) | 4.6 | | | aspect ratio (projected) | 3.5 | | | min sink | 1.2 m/s | (236 fpm, 4.3 kph, 2.3 knts) | | best glide ratio | 6.9:1 | | | speed min | 22 kph | (14 mph, 12 knts) | | speed trim | 36 kph | (22 mph, 19 knts) | | speed max | 45 kph | (28 mph, 24 knts) |
I can find no non-numerical test report data from CEN for the Air-Sport Lhotse paraglider, sorry.
Color Schemes
The simple graphics below represent the available color schemes for the Air-Sport Lhotse. I hope this approach is useful for getting a good idea of the colors when quickly comparing wings. Most paragliders have a basic wing color plus something different adorning the leading edge. You might be able to get a detailed look at one of the color schemes from the manufacturer's picture further down this page.
 white with blue pattern, blue upper surface
 white with red pattern, red upper surface
 white with yellow pattern, yellow upper surface
 white with red pattern, white upper surface
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