Hadron - a new racer
Monday, 06 June 2011
Hadron is the name of our new advanced paramotor canopy. It had its grand debut last weekend, and did it in a quite impressive way: two pilots flying Hadron prototypes won both French Open (Pascal Vallee) and Polish Open (Grzegorz Krzyżanowski).
Hadrons are tiny elementary particles, which speeded up can carry gigantic amounts of energy. We thought they would be a fitting partner to our new energetic and fast high-lift canopy, dedicated for frequent and experienced flyers.
Although the target group of the Hadron is similar to Plasma pilots, there are significant differences between both wings.
Hadron's "reflexivity" is constant at all trimmer positions. The canopy has 59 cells at 5,9 aspect ratio. Elastic rods on its leading edge make for easier launch and better stability at high speeds. Due to relatively low cell number the glider inflates quickly and has perfect internal pressure distribution.
Available sizes: 20, 22 i 24 m2 (20 is ready now, 22 and 24 - will be finished soon).
Hadron is our first paraglider cut exclusively with recently purchased state-of-the-art laser cutter. Capabilities of this machinery were fully utilised in Hadron's design (precision cut, optimal adjustment of parts' shapes to fabric structure, availability of long and narrow elements etc.).
More details will be published soon.
As for now, here is the opinion of Grzegorz Krzyżanowski:"Flown speeds: trimmers close 38 km/h, trimmers open 51 km/h, trimmers open plus full speedbar 59 km/h.
Plasma 22 required maximum revs of mine Miniplane Top 80 paramotor, that is some 9500 rpm (4,5 liter per hour), to maintain 60 km airspeed. In case of Hadron only 8500 rpm was necessary (3,5 liter per hour).
The paraglider is surprisingly easy to launch. Even in still air you can lift it with reverse start. It is pretty fast at low speeds, thus requiring fast running at take-off. During precision flying with sticks, easy turning is commendable. The Hadron has light and precise steering, even minimal brake application brings a steep turn. On exiting the turn paraglider instantly climbs, so you need to work your speedbar in order to catch the stick. It is very responsive to weightshifting - on navigational routes practically no brakes were necessary.
The Hadron is firm and stable in difficult, turbulent conditions. I experienced not a single deflation during speed task at Polish Open, flown at full speed in pretty rough air.
When I first took off on this wing, I got it figured in a couple of minutes. Hadron gives a feeling of comfort and safety, while short brake travel offer full command of the canopy. It's little "power consumption" creates huge possibilities in economy and speed/economy tasks. Flying it was pure fun! It kind of invites you to have some play low to the ground.
A big thank you!"
