The Dudek Rex is a Polish 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

Dudek Paragliding Dudek Paragliders (until 26 May 2006 called Dudek Paragliding) is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based near Bydgoszcz and founded by Piotr Dudek, Wojtek Domanski, and Darek Filipowicz on August 22, 1995. The company specializes in the design an ...

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with mor ...

. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The Rex was designed as an beginner glider for pilots undergoing

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and also for novice pilots. It is made from Skytex material with Technora lines. The models are each named for their approximate wing area in square metres.

Operational history

Reviewer Noel Bertrand described the Rex in a 2003 review as "technically very elaborate".

Variants

;Rex 25 :Small-sized model for lightweight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.41:1. The pilot weight range is . ;Rex 27 :Mid-sized model for medium weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.41:1. The pilot weight range is . ;Rex 29 :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.41:1. The pilot weight range is .

Specifications (Rex-27)

References

External links

* {{Dudek aircraft Rex Paragliders