LitteCloud Spiruline 16m

We have upgraded the equipment such as adding a swivel on the handles, new neoprene handles, new graphic on the top of the wing to make is more visible.
Risers will be at the same level when fully trimmed (to help the paragliding people J ).
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The Spiruline is a very accessible Miniwing, pretty long brake travel with almost no roll, no pitch which make it easy to understand and to use.
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The main goal of the Spiruline 16 is very ambitious. With an all-up weight under 75 kg, she can do everything...everything???
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A mountain glider weighing 3.2kg, very small volume, impressive for thermalling and coring within a very short radius turn, ridge soaring. Good speed sensations trims up and nice high speed carving near the ground. Fun to fly in strong aerological conditions. The chosen aspect ratio and streamline garanties you an easy to fly and bullet proof glider. A flat surface area of 16sqm, a quite slow take-off speed for a speed wing and a fast lift-off allows you to take-off just about anywhere.
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The Spiruline 16 is also accessible to a large public.The learning curve of the Spiruline 16 is very easy.. It is done trough a standard course by a professional instructor that will provide a gradual learning process keeping in mind that you will be under a 16sqm instead of a standard size paraglider. For an experienced paragliding pilot or skydiver, a short briefing by a Little Coud ambassador will be proposed to you. With the Spiruline 16 the all-up weight will have direct consequences on the wing behaviour. The speed, reactivity of the wing and its sink rate in turns will be increased. Over an all-up weight of a 100kg we would strongly suggest a Spiruline 16.

The wing pack is :

• A wing 14 or 16 or 18m2
• A innerbag
• A backpack
• Instruction manual
• Risers+handles

Not included: seat, carabiner, rescue chute.  (soon to come)

Photo credit :
Yannick Flugi flugi@atypeak.com

General advisory
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At Little Cloud we are convinced that learning to fly on a speed wing is not more complicated than learning to fly a paraglider, we even think that it's easier. However you can't forget that the security of beginning this new kind of flight is more so based on the proper choice of the flying site and conditions passes before the choice of the equipment.
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If at every flight you respect a certain coherency in the ensemble of the security process : material/conditions/physical and mental shape and thechnical level, you will improve your skills in total security and fly for a long time.
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Of course we can fly with speed wings in stronger conditions than with a regular size paraglider. (higher wing load, short aspect ratio and damped pitch ). However, flying with these smaller wings have to be made with very active and adapted handling. Speed wings won't change the fact that strong contitions remain strong conditions and it won't change a beginner pilot to a professional pilot.
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Flying with pleasure and safely has to remain the core of your activity.