Flight Design Twin Explained

The Flight Design Twin is a German two-place, paraglider that was designed by Michaël Hartmann and Stefan Müller and produced by Flight Design of Landsberied. It is now out of production.^[1]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed as a tandem glider for flight training. Test flying was carried out by factory test pilot Richard Bergmann.

The aircraft's 15.11NaN1 span wing has 72 cells, a wing area of 43m2 and an aspect ratio of 5.3:1. The pilot weight range is 160to. The glider is DHV 1-2 Biplace certified.

The design progressed through three generations of models, the Twin, Twin 2 and Twin 3, each improving on the last.

Notes and References

1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 16. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X