The Pegas Bain is a
Czech single-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
Pegas 2000 of
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. Introduced in 2002, it is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 27. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their approximate wing area in square metres.
Variants
;Bain 26
:Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the
aspect ratio is 5.6:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Swiss SHV Performance certified.
;Bain 28
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.6:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Swiss SHV Performance certified.
Specifications (Bain 26)
References
{{Pegas 2000 aircraft
Bain
Paragliders