EAS

U-Turn once more brings a pathbreaking innovation in paragliding-design to its customers: The Extended Aeration System (EAS).

This is how the EAS works: The system refers to intelligent openings (grid) on the upper canopy surface above the regular chamber openings. The openings are closed during normal inflows. This is caused by the pressure and the turbulence emerging from the inflowing air in the fore area of the chambers: The cloth flap within the chamber is forced against the grid. If the inner pressure abates despite the AFS System and PPNplus technology, the folded down flap activates the Extended Aeration System. Rammed air pushes into the cells and keeps the form of the profile.

This function is supported by optimised crossports. Crossports ensure the lateral ventilation of the individual chambers and accelerate, for example, the re-inflation of the glider after a one-sided deflation. They are an essential component of a glider, but not necessary for the construction of the overall stability of the canopy during a normal flight. Combining PPNplus and the Extended Aeration Systems, it was possible to significantly reduce the size of the Crossports of the THRILLER – the first glider providing this innovative feature - by an impressive 80%. This combination – EAS, PPNplus and AFS – lead to an extremely high level of safety and performance simultaneously which was unthinkable before.