The Edel Prime Bi is a South Korean two-place,
paraglider
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ' ...
that was designed and produced by
Edel Paragliders
Edel Paragliders was a South Korean aircraft manufacturer based in Gwangju and headed by Sung Heon Song. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders and paramotor wings in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, No ...
of
Gwangju. It is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 15. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The Prime Bi was designed as a
tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
glider for
flight training, hence Bi designation, indicating "bi-place" or two seater.
The aircraft's span wing has 57 cells, a wing area of and an
aspect ratio of 5.2:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider is DHV 2 and AFNOR Bi-Place certified.
Specifications (Prime Bi)
References
{{Edel aircraft
Prime Bi
Paragliders