The Wings of Change Tsunami is an

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that was designed by Markus Gründhammer and produced by Wings of Change of

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. 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 Tsunami was designed as a performance glider. Gründhammer describes his design, "as a soft performance glider... ith thelaunch characteristics of a DHV 1 glider and flight characteristics of a competition glider". The models are each named for their relative size.

Variants

;Tsunami S :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is . The glider model is Deutscher Hängegleiterverband e.V. (DHV) LTF/EN D certified. ;Tsunami M :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is . The glider model is DHV LTF/EN D certified. ;Tsunami L :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is . The glider model is DHV LTF/EN D certified.

Specifications (Tsunami M)

References

External links

* {{Wings of Change aircraft

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