The Mac Magus is a
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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 Peter Recek and produced by
Mac Para Technology
Mac Para Technology s.r.o. is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and founded by Peter Recek. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders and paramotor wings, in the form of ready-to-fly aircr ...
of
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is made up of one administrativ ...
in the mid-2000s. It is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 22. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed as an advanced and competition glider. The models are each named for their approximate wing area in square metres.
Variants
;Magus 24
:Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 63 cells and the
aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The pilot weight range is .
;Magus 26
:Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 63 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The pilot weight range is .
;Magus 28
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 63 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The pilot weight range is .
Specifications (Magus 28)
References
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Magus
Magi (; singular magus ; from Latin '' magus'', cf. fa, مغ ) were priests in Zoroastrianism and the earlier religions of the western Iranians. The earliest known use of the word ''magi'' is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius th ...
Paragliders