Moyes Malibu

The Moyes Malibu is an Australian high-wing, single-place, hang glider designed and produced by Moyes Delta Gliders of Kurnell, New South Wales. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

Design and development
The Malibu was designed as a beginner and intermediate hang glider, but is often used as a dune soaring machine, due to its low stall speed and maneuverability. It is made from aluminum tubing, with its single-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth.

The Malibu2 version replaced the original Malibu in production. It incorporates many improvements to the original design, including a reinforced trailing edge, an improved sail cut to improve stall, roll, pitch, long with its performance characteristics and a ball bearing-mounted wing tip to enhance the flexing of the tip.

Variants

 * Malibu 190
 * Original model built in the mid-2000s. Its 10.1 m span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 118°, wing area is 17.7 m2 and the aspect ratio is 5.7:1. Pilot hook-in weight range is 68 to 110 kg.


 * Malibu2 166
 * Improved model in production in 2016. Its 9.2 m span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 120.5°, wing area is 15.4 m2 and the aspect ratio is 5.5:1. Empty weight is 23 kg. Pilot hook-in weight range is 60 to 110 kg.


 * Malibu2 188
 * Improved model in production in 2016. Its 10.1 m span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 120.5°, wing area is 17.5 m2 and the aspect ratio is 5.8:1. Empty weight is 26 kg. Pilot hook-in weight range is 80 to 126 kg.