Short, precise lessons on paraglider performance

• Reading the Polar Curve

  Learn to read a paraglider polar curve: what the axes show, where minimum sink, best glide and trim speed live, and how wing loading shifts the curve.

  5 min read

• Speed to Fly: Wind and Sink Change Everything

  Why best glide speed changes with headwind, tailwind and sinking air. The shifting-origin tangent trick, plus speed-to-fly rules for paraglider pilots.

  6 min read

• MacCready for Paraglider Pilots

  What the MacCready setting means on a paraglider: how the strength of your next expected thermal sets glide speed, and honest caveats for weak climbs and bar.

  6 min read