Instinct TE

Instinct TE

Instinct TE

Product catalog summary
Overview: The document provides detailed information about the Instinct TE, an intermediate glider designed for a wide range of paragliding activities. It is suitable for pilots seeking to enhance their flying experience with a glider that offers both high performance and comfort.
Specifications: The Instinct TE is a hybrid 3-liner glider, which reduces drag and improves performance and glide ratio. It is constructed with durable Dokdo 30D materials for long-term reliability and safety. The glider is available in multiple sizes and colors, with specific weight ranges and wing spans detailed for each size.
Performance Characteristics: The glider is noted for its agility, precise handling, and stability in turbulent air. It offers a high maximum speed for better wind penetration and ease in crossing valleys. The glider's thermal properties allow for easy entry and climbing in thermals, while its handling ensures smooth translation of pilot commands.
Safety and Handling: The Instinct TE provides passive safety features, ensuring safety without pilot intervention. Its starting and landing behaviors are designed to be smooth and manageable, even for less experienced pilots.
Design and Manufacturing: The glider's design is inspired by the Icaro Edelweiss flower, emphasizing aesthetics and performance. It is manufactured at AeroDynamics in Sri Lanka, ensuring high-quality standards.
Test Pilot Feedback: Test pilot Michael Scheck highlights the glider's ease of takeoff, agility, and precise handling. The Instinct TE is described as a fun and safe glider that communicates effectively with the pilot without overreacting.
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Catalog excerpts

Instinct TE-1

UNDER DEVEL The Instinct TE is our intermediate glider concept. Designed for a wide range of use, dedicated for pilots who want to expand their flying experience. In touch with nature who It’s for: It loves going on distance, is your companion while soaring for hours or for flying from the house mountain – The Instinct TE is your buddy! Since it performs at a very high level, but is also very pleasant and well-behaving at the same time, the Instinct TE is the perfect glider for all pilots who want to feel comfortable in the air. MAX The structural stability of the glider in turbulent air. The easiness of the glider translating pilot commands. The safety without pilot intervention. thermal properties The easiness of entering the thermal center and climbing in thermals. glide properties The lenghts of gliding. maximum speed The maximal accelerable speed. Behavior of the glider during the landing phase. passive safety landing behavior Behavior of the glider during the starting phase. starting behavior The informations about the flight conditions given from the glider to the pilot. response properties areal weight The weight including risers and lines (1=light / 5=heavy). The maneuverability or mobility of the glider. pack volume The volume of the glider in packed state. The potential energy of the glider that can be used . The response-behavior of the glider to pilot commands

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Instinct TE-2

“A nice and safe fun-glider. A slight pull on the inner A lines is enough to rise the Instinct TE up in the air. There it reveals it's agility and precise handling: High wingovers are as possible as relaxed cruising, without embarrassing the pilot in any situation." THE CHARACTERISTICS You can feel the small weight immediately at the takeoff: The glider rises easy and soft by itself. Even inexperienced pilots will feel more safety and calmness at the start compared to its predecessor. The Instinct TE is a well-balanced, good-natured and high performant thermal glider in the fair-minded middle...

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