The Windtech Bantoo is a Spanish two-place

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that was designed and produced by

Windtech Parapentes Windtech Parapentes ( en, Windtech Paragliders, italic=yes) is a Spanish aircraft manufacturer based in Gijón and founded in 1994. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as we ...

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 36. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003.

Design and development

The Bantoo was designed as a

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glider for flight training. The aircraft's span wing has 51 cells, a wing area of and an aspect ratio of 5:1. The crew weight range is . The glider is DHV 1-2 certified. The glider wing is made from Porcher Marine Skytex 45 g/m2

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fabric, with the v-ribs of lighter 34 g/m2 fabric. The rib reinforcements are 310 g/m2

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, with the

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reinforcement fabricated of 175 g/m2 polyester. The lines are all sheathed

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, with the A and B lines 2.2 mm in diameter, the C and D lines 1.7 mm in diameter and the upper lines 1.1 mm in diameter. The risers are made from 25 mm wide polyester strapping.

Specifications (Bantoo)

References

External links

* {{Windtech aircraft Bantoo Paragliders