Paragliding equipment : the essential accessories for flying
Paragliding requires adequate and reliable equipment. To guarantee safety and performance on every flight, it's imperative to equip yourself with the best paragliding accessories. Here's the ultimate guide to paragliding equipment essentials.
PARAGLIDING SAFETY ACCESSORIES
Paragliding helmet
Your helmet is your first ally when it comes to protection. It's crucial to choose a helmet that's approved, comfortable and adapted to your head's morphology. In our store, you'll find paragliding helmets that combine lightness and strength, with price and stock detail options to suit your specific needs.
Other paragliding safety accessories
Paraglider line cutter
A line cutter is a safety tool that can be used in a paragliding emergency. It allows you to free yourself from tangled lines. If, for example, it's impossible to get the wing out of the trees without cutting the lines, then the line cutter will enable you to free your equipment.
Weighted paragliding rope
The weighted rope is used, for example, to lower equipment safely if necessary, or to pass a rope where you need it. It's the same principle as that used by rope access technicians to prepare for operations, except that for the paraglider the use is diverted according to need.
Paragliding goggles
Goggles are almost indispensable to protect your eyes from UV rays, but above all from the relative wind, which will dry them out in no time. The purpose of sunglasses is to improve your visibility and comfort during the flight.
Paragliding gloves
Gloves are not only a bulwark against the cold, but also a protection against chafing and cuts when handling the lines. It is therefore advisable to wear them at all times, especially during inflation, to avoid burns.
Paragliding shoes
A good pair of paragliding shoes should offer support, comfort and warmth. Support is important, because we're often flying over rough terrain. Spraining an ankle can happen very quickly if you don't have the right shoes. What's more, warm shoes are not a luxury, as it's easy to get cold toes in flight.
Camel Bag for paragliding
Hydration is key on long flights. A camel bag allows you to drink without taking your hands off the controls, keeping you safely hydrated. This point is often overlooked, yet it's extremely important, as poor hydration during the flight can lead to loss of lucidity, and even accidents.
ACCESSORIES FOR PARAGLIDING EQUIPMENT
Accessories for your paragliding harness
Harness carabiners
Carabiners connect the harness to the wing, and must be of the highest quality to guarantee maximum safety. They should be replaced every 5 years, or after 500 hours of use. When choosing a carabiner, it's important to take into account the attachment configuration of your harness and wing. Carabiner widths should be adapted to the harness's webbing/threads.
Paragliding Cockpits
A paragliding cockpit provides storage space for your personal belongings, and allows you to attach your flight instruments so that they are always visible and within easy reach. It's a tool that often comes in very handy.
Front Containers for Rescue Parachutes
These containers can be used to store and quickly deploy the reserve parachute in case of need. These containers attach to the wing's main carabiners, and also offer the advantage of being able to attach one or two flight instruments to the top in the same way as cockpits.
Anti G rescue
This parachute is designed to deploy behind the pilot. Usually attached to one of the harness's carabiners, the anti-G, or G-Chute/Drag Chute, parachute is designed to enable you to achieve a high sink rate without subjecting your body to a high load factor. For example, generally speaking, the most effective rapid descent technique is the engaged 360. With the G-Chute, for the same fall rate, you'll need to engage your spiral less. This gives you greater comfort and maneuverability.
Tandem Spreaders
For tandem flying, bi-place spreaders ensure optimum distance between the harnesses for comfort and safety. Whether you're looking for a soft, rigid or children's spreader, there are a few factors to take into account, depending on your use and preferences.
Ballast
The ballast increases the weight of the glider, allowing better air penetration and increased stability in strong wind conditions. It's an item generally used by lightweight pilots, or by competition pilots wishing to optimize their performance.
Winch releases
Winch releases are indispensable for winch-assisted take-offs. They enable rapid and safe separation from the pilot.
Accessories for your paraglider wing
Brake controls
Brake controls must offer a comfortable grip and precise response for optimum control and feel of the wing. The main factors to take into account are the size of the brake control opening, to make it easier for the hand to pass through it, the presence or absence of a swivel, and the attachment system to ensure that the handle can be fixed to the riser.
Wing risers
The risers connect the lines to the harness, and should be selected for their strength and durability. They are rarely changed, but may be necessary in some cases.
Paraglider registration
Registration is often required for wing identification, especially when flying in restricted areas. Those requiring registration include competition pilots and paramotor pilots.
Compression straps
Compression straps help secure the wing during transport and minimize storage space. For all these reasons, they are highly appreciated by paragliders.
Lines for Paragliders
Lines should be chosen for their strength and compatibility with your paraglider model. But you'll also find many other uses for lines. It's one of the musts have in a paraglider's harness, whether it's for closing a reserve pocket, securing an item to the harness, or repairing a line damaged on takeoff, for example. You need them !
Fabrics and Ripstop
Ripstop is essential for glider repair. It must be light, strong and easy to apply. Like the lines, it's something every paraglider should keep in the harness in case of need, as Ripstop repairs are commonplace in the paragliding world. Quick and easy to apply, self-adhesive fabrics are a must-have for light glider repairs!
By equipping your paraglider with these essential accessories, you not only ensure a safe flying experience, but also the peace of mind you need to stay focused on your flying. Our store offers a wide selection of paragliding accessories, with detailed information on stock, prices and delivery times to help you make the best choice for your flying passion.
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