The UP Targa is a German single-place

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that was designed and produced by

UP Europe UP International GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company started business as a hang glider ma ...

Kochel am See Kochel am See is a municipality and a town in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, on the shores of Kochelsee. The municipality consists of the districts Altjoch, Brunnenbach, Ort, Pessenbach, Pfisterberg, Walchensee and Ried. ...

. Introduced in 2002, production of the final version, the Targa 3, ended in 2007.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 34. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003.

Design and development

The Targa was designed as a competition glider and named for

Targe Targe (from Old Franconian ' 'shield', Proto-Germanic ' 'border') was a general word for shield in late Old English. Its diminutive, ''target'', came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century. The term refers to various types of shie ...

shield. The design progressed through three generations of models, the Targa, Targa 2 and Targa 3. The models are each named for their relative size.

Variants

Targa

Produced from 2002 to 2004. ;Targa S :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa M :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa L :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.2:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified.

Targa 2

Produced from 2005 to 2006. ;Targa 2 XXS :Extra extra small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 XS :Extra small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 S :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 SM :Small-medium-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 M :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 ML :Mediaum-large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 L :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 XL :Extra large-sized model for much heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified. ;Targa 2 XXL :Extra-extra large-sized model for much heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 81 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.21:1. The optimal take-off weight is . The glider model is not certified.

Targa 3

Produced from 2006 to 2007.

Specifications (Targa 2 M)

References

External links

* {{UP aircraft

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