Wings of Change Tsunami

The Wings of Change Tsunami is an Austrian single-place paraglider that was designed by Markus Gründhammer and produced by Wings of Change of Fulpmes. It is now out of production.

Design and development
The Tsunami was designed as a performance glider. Gründhammer describes his design, "as a soft performance glider...[with the] launch characteristics of a DHV 1 glider and flight characteristics of a competition glider".

The models are each named for their relative size.

Variants

 * Tsunami S
 * Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its 11.99 m span wing has a wing area of 23.54 m2, 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is 65 to 90 kg. The glider model is Deutscher Hängegleiterverband e.V. (DHV) LTF/EN D certified.


 * Tsunami M
 * Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its 12.75 m span wing has a wing area of 26.64 m2, 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is 80 to 105 kg. The glider model is DHV LTF/EN D certified.


 * Tsunami L
 * Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its 13.52 m span wing has a wing area of 29.94 m2, 59 cells and the aspect ratio is 6.1:1. The take-off weight range is 100 to 125 kg. The glider model is DHV LTF/EN D certified.