|
Clickar sobre las fotos para ver en tamaño grande.
|
 |
Villingen-Schwenningen. Once again a technical innovation from U-Turn GmbH is just around the corner. With “Variable Brake Geometry”, brake-adjustment features can be quickly and easily changed. The system is built into the speedglider “Speedmaster” and will be promptly implemented into U-Turn’s complete paraglide and kite range.
U-Turn’s new, innovative system allows for quick and easy fine-tuning to the brake-adjustment features and thereby to all of the features of a glider. From now on it is possible to diminish the braking distance without physically reducing the length of the cord. A long braking distance means that paraglide braking is smoother and that the paraglider turns relatively evenly. With the shortened adjustment braking is done much more directly. By pulling the cord in a gentle and controlled manner, smooth turns can be made – by contrast, pulling vigorously enables intense diving movements, as experienced speedgliders like it.
This is how it works: The base cord that leads to the three separate brake cords is equipped with a sewn up casing near the dividing point onto which a strap can be attached – the U-Hook. The proper strap is sewn to the base cord at the point where it branches off. In opened status the braking geometry is effectively in the factory-provided suspended normal status. The braking distance is reduced when the strap is connected to the U-Hook. The bypassed part of the cord hangs downward in a loop and the traction occurs via the U-Hook. The further away from the branching point the U-Hook is sewn onto the cord, the stronger the effect of the tightening of the breaking features and thereby the trimming features will be.
This solution without the use of metal has the advantage that the braking cord can never be in the position where the cord is weakened: friction and flexing are impossible.
|
)
)