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Hang glider card : Rio |
Name : | RIO |
Manufacturer : | Avian Hang Gliders |
Year : | 1999 |
Pilot level : |
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Manual : | rio.pdf |
Document(s) : | - |
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Hang glider model : | - |
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Wing area (m²) : | 15 |
Wing span(m) : | 9.4 |
Aspect ratio : | 6 |
Hang glider weight (kg) : | 22 |
Minimum pilot weight (kg) : | 61 |
Maximum pilot weight (kg) : | 95 |
Minimum speed (km/h) : | 24 |
Maximum speed (km/h) : | 88 |
Max glide ratio (L/H) : | 10 |
Max glide ratio speed (km/h) : | - |
Minimum sink rate (m/s) : | 0.96 |
Packed length (m) : | 5.6 |
Packed length short (m) : | 3.68 |
Number of battens : | 20 |
Nose angle (°) : | 120 |
Comments |
17/04/2005 | I love my Rio. Great first kingposted intermediate hangglider. Viceless and very light, responsive, and easy to fly, with or without my mossie power unit. Great first step to a Talon, Litespeed, or Laminar.
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01/06/2006 | I agree with dominic.. Cannot fault this wing for a first glider. Infinitely better than my old Calypso.
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20/01/2023 | Pics shown on here are of a Rio 2 which is a much updated model over the original Rio. Pilot weights quoted are clip in.
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