The Dynamic Sport Raven 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 by Wojtek Pierzyński and produced by
Dynamic Sport of
Kielce. 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 Raven was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size.
Operational history
Reviewer Noel Bertrand described the Raven in a 2003 review as priced very competitively.
Variants
;Raven AX M
:Medium-sized model for mid-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 38 cells and the
aspect ratio is 4.56:1. The pilot weight range is .
;Raven AX L
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 40 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.6:1. The pilot weight range is .
;Raven AX XL
:Extra large-sized model for much heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.68:1. The pilot weight range is .
;Raven Bi
:This version 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 and as such was referred to as the Raven Bi, indicating "bi-place" or two seater. Its span wing has a wing area of , 48 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.29:1. The pilot weight range is .
Specifications (Raven L)
References
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