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Mad Max Aero Mad Max

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Audaciously coloured, the bold-looking Mad Max is aptly named. The “Max” in its namesake also stands for its award-winning designer, Maxie Wildes. The Max now comes in single- or double-seat capacities and the opened-frame gyro cruises at 60 mph and reaches 80 mph. Kits for the Mad Max 2001: $19,000.

Engine: 76-165 hp Subaru.
Prop: Up to 72” Warp Drive.
Rotor blades: Up to 30’ Sky Wheels.
Min speed: 25 mph.
Cruise: 60 mph.
Top speed: 80 mph.
Empty wt: 625 lbs.
Useful load: 375 lbs.
Gross wt: 1000 lbs.
Height: 7’10”.

Mac Para Heaven

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Heaven RX 27

Paraglider new in 1998.

Heaven RX 27
Wing area: 27.5 sq.m
Pilot weight: 80-100 kg
No. of cells: 82
Wing span: 13.1 m
Aspect ratio: 6.24
Min sink: 1 m/s
Max speed: 55 kph
Price (1998) 19900 Fr

Heaven RX 29
Wing area: 29.1 sq.m
Pilot weight: 90-115 kg
No. of cells: 78
Wing span: 13.22 m
Aspect ratio: 6
Min sink: 1 m/s
Max speed: 55 kph
Price (1998) 19900 Fr

Heaven RX 31
Wing area: 31.35 sq.m
Pilot weight: 100-130 kg
No. of cells: 82
Wing span: 14 m
Aspect ratio: 6.25
Min sink: 1 m/s
Max speed: 55 kph
Price (1998) 19900 Fr

Mac Para Hawai

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Paraglider circa 1998.

Hawai 24
Wing area: 24.03 sq.m
Pilot weight: 50-70 kg
No. of cells: 28
Wing span: 10.14 m
Aspect ratio: 4.28
Price (1998) 14480 Fr

Hawai 27
Wing area: 26.75 sq.m
Certification: Afnor
Pilot weight: 60-85 kg
No. of cells: 28
Wing span: 10.7 m
Aspect ratio: 4.28
Min sink: 1.2 m/s
Max speed: 35 kph
Price (1998) 14480 Fr

Hawai 29
Wing area: 29.35 sq.m
Certification: Afnor
Pilot weight: 80-105 kg
No. of cells: 28
Wing span: 11.2 m
Aspect ratio: 4.27
Price (1998) 14480 Fr

Mac Para Feeling

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Paraglider circa 1998.

Feeling 27
Wing area: 26.8 sq.m
Certification: Afnor
Pilot weight: 77-100 kg
No. of cells: 51
Wing span: 12.36 m
Aspect ratio: 5.7
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 48 kph
Price (1998) 16900 Fr

Feeling 29
Wing area: 29.1 sq.m
Certification: Afnor
Pilot weight: 90-120 kg
No. of cells: 51
Wing span: 12.88 m
Aspect ratio: 5.7
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 48 kph
Price (1998) 16900 Fr

Feeling 31
Wing area: 31.5 sq.m
Pilot weight: 100-130 kg
No. of cells: 51
Wing span: 13.4 m
Aspect ratio: 5.7
Min sink: 1.1 m/s
Max speed: 48 kph
Price (1998) 16900 Fr

Mac Para Muse

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Muse 2

This is a glider for new pilots or those looking for “easy life in the air”. The Muse 2 has 39 cells and an elliptically shaped canopy with an aspect ratio of 4.65. The classic construction with diagonal V-tapes and a system of load-bearing tapes gives canopy stability and helps to keep a clean profile. Line configuration remains the same as the Muse 1 with an additional E-line. The Muse 2 has lively handling but at Mac Para say that the canopy is well damped in all axes. It has light brake pressure to allow “pleasant turns” during long flights, but the pressure increases progressively to offer a good safety margin. According to the manufacturer, is “a well balanced glider with simple take-off characteristics and easy behaviour during extreme manoeuvres”. The Muse 2 was available in 5 sizes.

Mac Para Intox

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An intermediate model from this Czech factory, the Intox, has passed DHV 2 certification for its size 28 (25 & 30 to follow, and size 22 will not be certified) and was available worldwide. The design was based on Mac Para’s performance model, Magus, and it is said to have a performance closer to this glider than to its predecessor, the Trance. “Compared to the Trance the Intox is much better and easier to thermal, has better performance at low speeds, is more stable and is not as sensitive as the Trance”, say Mac Para’s designers.