The Trekking Elise is a French 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 'po ...
that was designed and produced by
Trekking Parapentes of
Lambesc
Lambesc () is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. In 2018, it had a population of 9,799.
Lambesc is located in the heart of Provence at the foot of the Côtes mountain ra ...
. Introduced in 2002, it is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 32. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The Elise was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size.
Variants
;Elise S
:Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 69 cells and the
aspect ratio is 5.8:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is
AFNOR
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR, English: French Standardization Association) is a Paris-based standards organization and a member body for France at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The AFNOR Group develop ...
Standard certified.
;Elise M
:Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 69 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.8:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.
;Elise L
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 69 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.8:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.
Specifications (Elise M)
References
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Paragliders