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Section 3
Technical Description
03 Technical Description
General layout
Core 3
– High end
performance from Swing
One of the greatest challenges in paraglider
development is to develop a competition
glider which satisfies very stringent
demands. It requires technical precision and
capability which go right to the limits of what
is feasible. With the new Core 3, our
developers and designers have created a
paraglider which epitomises our maxim
“Powered by Passion” with a remarkable
design.
The new Core 3 is based on the model
being replaced, the Core 2 which, with
eighteen months of testing and trialling, had
one of the lengthiest development periods in
th
e company’s history. The reason for this
extensive testing was the new concept
which Swing used for the first time with the
Core 2: the canopy of this high-performance
glider featured various rigid components
and an innovative attachment system, which
was generally refe
rred to as “2 line
attachment”.
This concept was continued in the Core 3.
The design is a clear statement: the two-line
system, unsheathed aramid lines and
aerodynamically optimised components
Fig. 1:
CAD drawing of Core 3
