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Designers’ thoughts
Our design goal with the D-light was to make the world of lightweight
hike&fly paragliding available to everyone, right from the first little
hops on the training hill. It is both a good, balanced school glider
with easy takeoff, flying and landing characteristics, and a perfect
companion for all sorts of Hike&Fly adventures. During the design
and development process we took the new glider on many of our own
little para-alpinism outings, and refined it until it fit our expectations
perfectly. The D-light has a nice clean canopy shape, featuring
diagonal ribs for line reduction and mini-ribs for clean trailing edge
shape. The entire design is optimised for minimal weight in a very
user-friendly package.
Aljaž and Urban Valič
The D-light is EN-A, LTF-A class glider designed for weight-
conscious beginners and intermediate pilots. This glider is
developed for lightness combined with maximum safety. Our
focus with this glider was on lightweight XC abilities, and we
believe that pilots will have great fun during their first steps
in paragliding and progression toward becoming the new
Hike&Fly and XC masters.
