Electric Winch for Paraglding
The Sitvanit Electric Winch is going to transform the paragliding world to a new reality. No more traveling long distances to take off sites on remote mountains in order to fly, simply connect Sitvanit e-winch to your car and start flying anywhere you want.
Introduction To E-Towing Concept
Coming up is the simplest yet effective towing device, which will make flying paragliders easier to teach, much cheaper to operate, available anywhere and capable to lift you up to 500 meters in a few minutes.
The purpose of this website is to practice building the necessary infrastructure to adequately disseminate the new concept.
The pictures you see are from a trip of Sitvanit school and students to the Austrian Alps during the summer of 2009.
Articles from past years by Shimon Hanegbi
Paragliding Tow Line | Weak Link
WEAK LINKS A weak link is a very simple device—typically a loop of line—that is intended to break in the event towline tensions exceed a safe or desired threshold. Weak
Lockuts in Towing
The Danger of Towing Lockout Lockouts occur when a glider gets turned away from the towline direction then reaches a point where the pilot cannot recover. How and why, this
Step Towing Paragliders | e-Winch
The Step Tow Method Here is a description of the method: Once the glider has reached the end of the tow, tensions are dropped and the glider turns downwind and
Sitvanit Electric winch
Sitvanit E-Winch comes with the following standarts:
- 2.5 HP electric motor
- 48 V Battery 15 Amps
- Tow line 2.5 mm, 12 strand, pre-streched, 600 kg breaking strength.
- Tow line 1,500 Meter (5,000 ft)
A few words about paragliding winches
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Paragliding Tow Line | Weak Link
Lockuts in Towing
Introduction
