Canopy
The French company Porcher Sport, which is part of the NVC GROUP, supplies the glider fabric. In the last two years Porcher Marine have been heavily involved in fabric development; creating new and more durable coatings which has led to a new generation of materials that came to be known as New Skytex .
The new coating is much more resistant to abrasion, humidity and UV light.
We use Skytex 9017 and coating E77A (bilateral water base coating that impregnates the fibres, rather than just the surface) for the top surface. The under surface of the wing is made from the same fabric with an E38A coating. The internal ribs are made from Skytex 9017 and the E29A coating.
The fabric is manufactured using the Rip Stop weave structure, out of superpolyamid (PA 6.6) by the American firm DU PONT.
Line scheme
The lines on the ARES 2 are of the highest quality and are supplied by the German firm EDELRID and LIROS. These lines create high resistance from mechanical abrasion as well as a high degree of length stability.
For the upper cascade we used thin lines ELDERID 7000. The lower lines are manufactured out of PPSL 120 a 200 (Liros) and main brake line are from EDELRID 7850200.
Risers
The risers are made from 20 mm wide webbing manufactured by our supplier MOUKA TINOV. The suspension lines are connected to the risers by means of quick links (maillons) from the French supplier Maillon Rapide.
In 2007 Sky Paragliders company was certified as a 100% SKYTEX partner for Porcher Marine fabrics. That allows us to use the latest development benefits and share them with all our pilots. Also the certification ensures that the whole glider is made of the same material and that SKY PARAGLIDERS do not combine the best available quality of Porcher with any other materials available on the market.
