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Bruce Goldsmith Design – Base 2

Isabela Weir — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:30:46 +0000

BASE 2

EN/LTF-B

More distance, more fun, the Base 2 inspires the confidence to fly further and expand your limits. It’s a cross-country wing you’ll feel at home on right away – love at first flight!

INFO

Crazy about flying and looking for a thermalling, soaring and cross-country partner? Look no further, the Base 2 is a dashing suitor. Its colorful Aztec-inspired attire reflects its fun-loving nature, and it will instantly put you at ease. But don’t underestimate its serious side. You won’t tame its sporty, competitive streak and it’s proud to be top of the class when it comes to speed and performance. The Base 2 will work with you to achieve your shared goals, and then set new ones, expanding your potential while keeping you safe.

TARGET

The Base 2 is a cross-country paraglider with the perfect balance of performance, handling, comfort and safety. In short, it is utterly confidence inspiring. Its performance will guide you onwards across that tricky crossing and upwards in that weak lift, inspiring further confidence in your own performance. The Base 2 will flatter your flying, and help you get the best out of the day. Its clear feedback about the air and conditions makes it easy to fly actively, and it will respond quickly and precisely to your inputs. It’s the perfect partner for XC adventures!

BRUCE’S NOTES

The new arc design and technologies in the Base 2 have allowed us to make big increases in performance, but without losing that all-important direct, playful BGD handling. We’ve upped the cell count to 57 and increased roll stability, while the sail and line tension are fine-tuned to achieve a perfectly balanced feel in the air.

Many R&D hours have gone into perfecting the smallest details. By developing a new multi-reefing brake system, we’ve sharpened the brakes in the first part of the range to give precise control with small brake movements, while the overall brake range remains long for safety.

We’ve remodeled the risers to improve the C-steering, with an additional ‘speed riser’ that links into the speed system. We’ve been careful to avoid the pilot hanging from a pulley, which can be an issue for some C-steering designs.

The Base 2 has the double leading-edge design that we used in the Cure 2 which ensures the leading edge stays solid, even when you’re on full bar. Cord cut billow panel shaping means a clean, smooth and crease-free top surface. We combined our high-tech airflow simulation software with low-tech tufts and a camera, enabling us to refine the wingtip ribs for optimal aerodynamic performance.

ICE EARTH FIRE

SPECS

	XS	S	M	ML	L
LINEAR SCALING FACTOR	0.92	0.96	1	1.04	1.08
PROJECTED AREA (M²)	17.8	19.5	21.2	22.9	24.6
FLAT AREA (M²)	21	23	25	27	29
GLIDER WEIGHT (KG)	4.5	4.8	5	5.4	5.7
TOTAL LINE LENGTH (M)	222	243	265	285	306
HEIGHT (M)	6.9	7.2	7.5	7.8	7.8
NUMBER OF MAIN LINES (A/B/C)	3/4/3
CELLS	57
FLAT ASPECT RATIO	5.7
PROJECTED ASPECT RATIO	4.4
ROOT CHORD (M)	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8
FLAT SPAN (M)	11.1	11.6	12.1	12.6	13
PROJECTED SPAN (M)	8.8	9.2	9.6	10	10.3
TRIM SPEED (KM/H)	39
TOP SPEED (KM/H)	54	55	55	55	55
MIN SINK (M/S)	1
BEST GLIDE	10.5
WEIGHT RANGE (KG)	55-75	65-85	75-95	88-108	100-125
CERTIFICATION	EN/LTF-B*	EN/LTF-B	EN/LTF-B	EN/LTF-B	EN/LTF-B*

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Bruce Goldsmith Design Magic Paraglider

Isabela Weir — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:04:46 +0000

MAGIC

EN/LTF-A

The Magic takes safety and performance to whole new levels, in a colorful and fun-to-fly package. It’s easy to launch, a joy to thermal and exceptionally roll stable, helping students avoid unintentional side-to-side oscillations.

The Magic lightens the workload of learning to fly without reducing the fun: great BGD handling and quick responses ensure it’s always a joy. It has good pitch stability, gently biting forward into lift and reacting very nicely in thermals.

Robust and durable materials mean it can cope with the rigors of training, but modern materials manage this without making it heavy – the M size is 4.9kg.

SPECS

	XS	S	M	ML	L
LINEAR SCALING FACTOR	0.9	0.96	1	1.04	1.08
PROJECTED AREA (M²)	17.8	19.5	21.2	22.9	24.6
FLAT AREA (M²)	21	23	25	27	29
GLIDER WEIGHT (KG)	4.4	4.6	4.9	5.2	5.5
TOTAL LINE LENGTH (M)	202	222	241	260	280
HEIGHT (M)	6.2	6.5	6.8	7	7.3
NUMBER OF MAIN LINES (A/B/C)	3/4/3
CELLS	40
FLAT ASPECT RATIO	4.7
PROJECTED ASPECT RATIO	3.5
ROOT CHORD (M)	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.1
FLAT SPAN (M)	10.1	10.5	10.9	11.4	11.8
PROJECTED SPAN (M)	7.9	8.27	8.6	8.9	9.3
TRIM SPEED (KM/H)	38
TOP SPEED (KM/H)	50
MIN SINK (M/S)	1
BEST GLIDE	9
WEIGHT RANGE (KG)	50-70	60-80	75-95	88-108	100-125
CERTIFICATION	EN/LTF-A

VIRGO

GEMINI

LEO

SIZE

m²

21	23	25	27	29
XS	S	M	ML	L

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Bruce Goldsmith Design Cure 2 Paraglider

Isabela Weir — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:19:44 +0000

CURE 2

EN/LTF-C

For many pilots flying enables them to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and get closer to nature. Flying is a form of meditation that can help heal you, and we have completely reformulated the CURE 2 to increase performance without increasing pilot stress. It has a brand new structure and a profile that’s closer to the Diva. We’ve upped the cell count to 74, and kept the same projected aspect ratio but reduced the arc, which means the flat aspect ratio is lowered to 6.4. The CURE 2 has an impressive top speed of 60km/h, yet full-speed asymmetric collapses are incredibly calm. Designed to be flown fast, the CURE 2 has a new light and efficient B/C steering system too. We’ve kept weight down by using Skytex 27 and 32 cloth, with Skytex 38 on the top-surface leading edge for durability. When you fly the CURE 2 you will soar high to new levels of performance.

SPECS

	S	M	ML	L
LINEAR SCALING FACTOR	0.97	1	1.04	1.08
PROJECTED AREA (M²)	18.1	19.4	20.8	22.6
FLAT AREA (M²)	21.5	23	24.6	26.8
GLIDER WEIGHT (KG)	4.8	5	5.3	5.6
TOTAL LINE LENGTH (M)	234	250	268	292
HEIGHT (M)	7.2	7.5	7.7	8.1
NUMBER OF MAIN LINES (A/B/C)	3/4/3
CELLS	74
FLAT ASPECT RATIO	6.4
PROJECTED ASPECT RATIO	4.8
ROOT CHORD (M)	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5
FLAT SPAN (M)	11.8	12.2	12.7	13.2
PROJECTED SPAN (M)	9.4	9.7	10	10.5
TRIM SPEED (KM/H)	39
TOP SPEED (KM/H)	60
MIN SINK (M/S)	1
BEST GLIDE	11
IDEAL WEIGHT RANGE (KG)	73-83	83-93	93-105	105-120
WEIGHT RANGE (KG)	65-85	75-95	85-107	98-122
CERTIFICATION	EN/LTF-C

PACKAGE INCLUDES

Paraglider / Rucksack / Repair kit / Stuff sack / Riser bag / Compression strap / BGD T-shirt / USB stick with manuals / BGD stickers

ALKALINE

ENZYME

HALOGEN

SIZE

m²

22	23	25	27
S	M	ML	L

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Bruce Goldsmith Design Adam Paraglider

Isabela Weir — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:02:05 +0000

ADAM

EN/LTF-A

The ADAM is our EN/LTF-A certified wing, designed for beginners or leisure pilots. Made from Durable Dominico D30 tissue, 34 enhanced clean cells make for a safe, 4.8kg paraglider. Smooth panels and uncorrupted ribs bring stability to my paragliders so I designed the ADAM with Chord Cut Billow (CCB). By adding CCB to the leading edge’s top panel the 3D bulge wraps around the rib without deforming it.

This is the first glider of this level to which I have added mini-ribs on the trailing edge. Normally, large-celled paragliders without mini-ribs have a lot of billow near the trailing edge and around the brake fold. When this billow is folded down with a brake input everything gets pulled out of shape. Mini-ribs reduced the billow around the brake fold creating more responsive brake input and a cleaner brake fold.

The ADAM is very colorful. We think that being seen in the air and on the ground is a safety bonus for instructors and new pilots.

SPECS

	S	M	ML	L
LINEAR SCALING FACTOR	0.94	1	1.05	1.1
PROJECTED AREA (M²)	18.5	21	23.2	25.4
FLAT AREA (M²)	22.1	25	27.6	30.2
GLIDER WEIGHT (KG)	4.3	4.9	5.4	5.9
TOTAL LINE LENGTH (M)	243	275	303	333
HEIGHT (M)	6.3	6.7	7	7.8
NUMBER OF MAIN LINES (A/B/C)	3/4/3
CELLS	34
FLAT ASPECT RATIO	4.5
PROJECTED ASPECT RATIO	3.2
ROOT CHORD (M)	2.8	3	3.1	3.3
FLAT SPAN (M)	10	10.6	11.1	11.7
PROJECTED SPAN (M)	7.7	8.2	8.6	9.1
TRIM SPEED (KM/H)	38
TOP SPEED (KM/H)	50
MIN SINK (M/S)	1
BEST GLIDE	8
WEIGHT RANGE (KG)	55-75	70-95	90-110	105-130
CERTIFICATION	EN/LTF-A

RUBY

AGATE

TOPAZ

SIZE

m²

22	25	28	30
S	M	ML	L

PACKAGE INCLUDES

Paraglider / Rucksack / Repair kit / Stuff sack / Riser bag / Compression strap / BGD T-shirt / USB stick with manuals / BGD stickers

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