The FreeX FXT is a German 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
FreeX
FreeX GmbH (usually styled freeX) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Lenggries and previously located in Egling. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel ...
of
Egling
Egling is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria i ...
in the mid-2000s. It is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 18. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The FXT was designed as a
mountaineering descent glider and was only built in a single size. It has shorter lines to facilitate taking off in smaller alpine spaces.
The aircraft's span wing has 37 cells, a wing area of and an
aspect ratio of 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . Like all FreeX wings it features internal diagonal bracing.
Specifications (FXT)
References
{{FreeX aircraft
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Paragliders