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Models

There are 2 Cage models :

LAGON, the beginner's wing

PARADIGME, the performance model.

The SEAGULL (that you may find in the ads) was designed in 2001 for beginners in the windy sites of Wales, but is not produced anymore, following the avian flu and the almost diseappearance of schools.

Specifications :

(measures at 1500 m elevation)

Characteristics	Lagon 2	Paragigme 2
min. speed (stall)	25 km/h (+/-2)	25 km/h (+/-2)
max.speed	42 km/h (+/-2)	50 km/h (+/-2)
min. sink rate	1.1 m/s	1.05 m/s
glide ratio	7.2	8.5

Comment les reconnaître

In flight the colour pattern on the wing help to differentiate them.

51 K	83 K	66 K
Lagon 1	Lagon 2	Seagull
22 K
Paradigme

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