Nucleon with DULV certificate

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Thanks to efforts of our German dealer, Wojtek Hewig, we've finished painstaking process of certifying three sizes of Nucleon (25, 27, 29) with the DULV. As of now, German pilots can at last legally fly reflex profile wings with full consent of the law. Nucleon is the first ever reflex paraglider that succeded to pass those tests!!

DULV  (Deutscher Ultraleichtflugverband - German Ultralight Aircraft Association) is an organization founded in the 80's, tasked by German authorities with testing and certifying ultralight aircrafts (that's how powered paragliders are classified). DULV certificate is recognized world-wide as a high standard and safety touchstone (hard to comply with).

Tests themselves are similar to those of European Norm, with addition of several other manoeuvres absent in the EN. The main difference is, tests are done in powered flight. Most of them are even performed at full power, like stall possibility, dolphining etc.

Currently there are two categories at the DULV; Standard - for the beginners and Advanced - sport class. Nucleon passed tests in the Advanced category (closed trims and without speed bar). In the meantime a working group is preparing tests for yet another category - the Expert.

Certificates are available on the Nucleon site under Download.