BIRDY
Light, compact, agile and safe without compromising its durability, the BIRDY allows you to progress quickly while having fun.
Category: EN-A
Weight : 4,2 kg in M
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On-site flight
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Cross Country
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Hike and fly
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Tandem
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Occasional
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Regular
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Professional
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Novice
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Intermediate
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Seasoned
Accessories included
backpack
Compact Case
Speed bar
Repair kit
steering rear bar
- BIRDY glider
- Trek 90/110 backpack
- Compact Case
- Speed bar
- steering rear bars
- User's manual (USB key)
- Repair kit pocket
About the Birdy
This glider is EN-A+ approved and is aimed at the daring beginner pilot who wants to be able to progress for a long time with the same wing as well as the occasional pilot who needs to feel secure before moving on to the LEAF2 EN-B.
It is the glider of your first beautiful flights. The BIRDY is the bird in your head that encourages you to fly and shows you how to flap your wings.
The BIRDY confidently opens up the field of possibilities: modest diving, flight on site, mountain flight, hike & fly, thermalling, some cross country, inflating, soaring and seaside. This glider gives the daring beginner the keys to explore, identify the facets of flight that appeal to him/her and progress.
The occasional pilot of modest level will be able to enjoy this glider which won't get their feathers ruffled.
The BIRDY likes to play in the air masses, to slide in the breeze, to enter turns, to exploit the dynamics of flight.
It does not have the nonchalance of a school glider, on the contrary: it dialogues with the pilot,
It communicates with the pilot, transmits information, allows him to evolve and learn. This glider is designed to last, to follow the evolution of the pilot without ever slowing down his progress. It is a benevolent machine that always encourages the pilot to go further, to dig deeper into the sensations of flight with the tranquillity of its passive safety.
The Birdy has fun without calculation. Faithful and attentive, instinctive and stable, it concentrates all the Supair spirit: to help pilots take the exhilarating paths of the air with serenity. The Birdy is well born, patiently designed and carefully built. It has all the features of a great glider: mini-ribs in trailling edge, shark nose on the leading edge, C-pilot kit.
The choice of semi-light design combines the best of both worlds: the Birdy does not suffer from any concession on its life span while being compact and light enough for hiking. The light fabric on the lower surface is compensated by a more resistant material on the upper surface (which is even more exposed to friction and the sun). The lines and the refined risers do not tangle thanks to a simplified and uncluttered architecture.
3D model
Features
- Adventurous and daring beginner pilots
- Occasional pilot wishing to progress and to reassure himself before switching to EN-B
- Take-off on foot or by winch
- Ergonomic risers
- Sharknose airfoil
- Nitinol on large openings
- Anti-friction rings
- Smart mini ribs
- Ears kit
- End Dump Systemglider
- Kit of steering to removable C
- Upper surface fabric: Dominico D30 soft, Dominico D20 soft
- Lower surface fabric: Porcher Sport Skytex 27 g/m² soft
- Ribs / roads fabric : MJTec 32 g/m² hard finish, Porcher Sport Skytex 27 g/m² hard finish
- Reinforcement fabric: Porcher Sport
- Upper and mid lines: Edelrid
- Lower lines: Edelrid
- Standard EN 926 - 1 and 2 and LTF 91/09 - Class A
- BIRDY glider
- Trek 90/110 backpack
- Compact Case
- Speed bar
- User's manual (USB key)
- Repair kit pocket
BIRDY Presentation - Swiss Tour
Birdy - Bivouac Flight
BIRDY technical video
Technical Data
| BIRDY | XS | S | M | M-L | L |
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| Weight Range (kg) | 50-70 | 65-85 | 80-105 | 90-115 | 105-130 |
| Number of cells | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| Flat area (m²) | 21,25 | 23,6 | 26,5 | 28,3 | 30,5 |
| Wingspan (m) | 10,25 | 10,81 | 11,45 | 11,83 | 12,28 |
| Chord (m) | 2,54 | 2,68 | 2,84 | 2,93 | 3,05 |
| Flat aspect ratio | 4,95 | 4,95 | 4,95 | 4,95 | 4,95 |
| Projected aspect ratio | 3,68 | 3,68 | 3,68 | 3,68 | 3,68 |
| Projected area (m²) | 18,03 | 20,2 | 22,48 | 24,01 | 25,88 |
| Projected span (m) | 8,11 | 8,55 | 9,06 | 9,36 | 9,72 |
| Glider Weight (kg) | 3,30 | 3,84 | 4,20 | 4,40 | 4,60 |
| Homologation | EN - LTF A | EN - LTF A | EN - LTF A | EN - LTF A | EN - LTF A |
| Number of risers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Soft Link Dyneema technology
"The Birdy is the result of an alchemy of design, development, trial and error. A balancing act!"Pierre-Yves Alloix - Designer
"I had the chance to try this magnificent glider for a little flight two-day bivouac from Annecy to Les Bauges.
The Birdy immediately blew me away. There is little air and yet the glider climb alone and don't overtake me. Three steps and I'm already in the air. I'm more used to flying gliders more pointed and more technical. There I have the impression of rediscovering a little the paraglider of my debut with the performance and speed in addition… it’s crazy! The conditions are quite strong but the glider stay ultra calm, I am super serene. I spend a good part of the beginning of the flight to take pictures and videos. I'm not in fashion steering active and yet the glider does its job.
My friends took off a few minutes before me and I have to catch up with them. I push the speed bar and I am surprised to see that I do not degrade too much. It really glides quite well. In thermal it is of a rare ease. The glider does not shoot, the turn is very intuitive and the brake is really soft. In the very small I am unbeatable with this new toy. It turns on the spot and I can really center the Lift / thermic . We cross the lake and head towards the Roc des Boeufs. It's just crazy a glider also quiet with really honorable performances.
We spend the afternoon walking around the massif and decide to land on a summit at the end of the day. The approach is easy and the low speeds very safe. I land like a flower on a very small piece of grass. It would have been much more technical with my glider competition. In the evening I fall asleep by the fire and we go back the next day in flight in the first thermals which come out on the eastern faces.
This glider seems ideal to me for the pilots who are looking for a safe compromise but who want to treat themselves to beautiful flights. It is a great machine, with great potential for great adventures and which offers unprecedented passive safety and tranquility"Tom DE DORLODOT - Professional pilot
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