Para-RC paraglider PHASOR 2.3 RAST lime/blue/white

Product description and features

The Para-RC paraglider Para-RC paraglider PHASOR 2.3 RAST is a double-skin RAST® RC SPORTS PARAGLIDER FROM PARA AVIATION RC with a 4m wingspan and an aspect ratio 7.1. Experience new flight comfort and total control in the first series-built RC sports paragliders with double-skin RAST® technology, paired with a modern profile structure.

Equipment and features

• RAST® valves in all cells
• Very easy to start due to RAST®
• High gliding performance
• Very maneuverable wing
• Ideal for extended thermal flights on the flat or on slopes
• Can be accelerated very easily with still good gliding performance
• New modern flow-simulated profile strak
• Nitinol rods, a nickel-titanium alloy and known as a shape memory alloy. Bent rods are a thing of the past
• Edelrid Pro Dry linen of the latest generation
• High-quality pack sack made of backpack material with breathable mesh segment, internal pocket for the carrying straps and carrying handle

Our PHASOR RAST once again sets new standards in all flight areas of a double-skin paraglider. Above all, the good take-off, flight and gliding characteristics can be used when flying fast or slow recognize the overall performance level. It can be flown very sportily, but it also likes very slow cruising – always with a high safety reserve due to the selected profile and RAST valves.

Good steering characteristics and high maneuverability were very important to us. This means that even weaker and very tight thermals can be cranked out very easily.

Briefly about the development history: RAST® gliders from Swing have always fascinated me during my man-carrying days. Herry Hoffner, an early RC paraglider pioneer, began to gain his first experiences with DIY RC paragliders a few years ago. Herry made his construction, the “RASTY”, available to us with his findings. This glider was the cornerstone of our development of the Phasor 2.3. The first step, however, was to get in touch with the Swing company in order to be able to integrate their proven RAST® system exclusively into our RC sports paragliders. With the contractual approval of the use of RAST®, we started our exciting further development of RAST ® RC sports paragliders with high aspect ratio.

The aim was to develop an RC paraglider that is always good-natured and easy to fly when taking off and in various flight phases, that “marches” well in the normal flight phase and in which the gliding performance does not drop significantly when accelerated. Even in the thermal position, it should have good and stable handling in the area of ​​lowest sinking.

In order to meet these requirements, it was necessary to carry out countless iterations of flow simulations of the canopy. The result is a profile strip with 6 different profiles in the span direction. We achieve a perfectly clamped profile nose, which also makes starting easier, by using Nitinol, a dimensionally stable nickel-titanium alloy with a memory effect. This was a big challenge as we have a very thin profile with tight nose radii. The classic bag for nylon rods cannot therefore be adopted one-to-one.

Mini ribs in the trailing edge improve handling and steering behavior very positively. The sail cut, which ultimately results in the design but mainly influences the sail tension, also had to be optimized. The latest generation of Edelrid Magix Pro Dry is used in the lines of our gliders.

The heart of the RAST® paragliders, the RAST® valve, brings many advantages in flight, but represents a lot of effort during the development phase and prototype construction. RAST® paragliders require a larger number of prototypes compared to conventional paragliders. This is because the overall construction and also the stress distribution are mainly related to the RAST® valve. A lot can be changed later on a conventional prototype without RAST®. If something is wrong with the RAST®, no intervention can be made since it is installed inside the cell and a completely new prototype must be built.

In the end, all that remained of the “Rasty” was the ellipse shape. We calculated new profiles and created a modern profile structure in flow simulation, optimized the detent valves, and adjusted the detent to have a better effect. Above all, we changed the wing tension and also the angle. The rods are all constructed on the modern Nitinol system, a nickel-titanium alloy with shape memory. The interior was designed to be lightweight. In many series of tests we flew to find the optimal line lengths and angles for the various sections.

Suitability

• The talented beginner will love the ingenious takeoff and slow flight characteristics.
• The leisure and pleasure flyer will be thrilled by the all-round flight characteristics on slopes, in thermals and with a motor.
• The professional and trike pilot appreciates the large weight range and the ingenious take-off and flight characteristics with maximum safety even in the harshest flight conditions. He can rely on the stability of the glider and concentrate entirely on flying.

Scope of delivery

Para-RC paraglider PHASOR 2.3 RAST lime/blue/white, high-quality breathable stuff sack, operating instructions