SOLA UL

The fascination of minimalism

The fundamental fascination of paragliding is based not only on the flying possibilities of the aircraft but above all on the ultra-compact dimensions when packed up. As a human being, you can always have your wings with you: a very attractive idea that “inspires” your imagination.

SOLA UL Technical Features

The SOLA UL has its roots in the ultra-safe and forgiving concept of the SOLA, which is perfectly damped around all axes.
These features made it possible to make the wing very small without making it too demanding for a wide target group.
-and that even with a uniquely small area you can pass the complete certification including flight tests.

The unique concept of the SOLA is based on a very stable center airfoil and a clearly different “handling section” in the wingtips. Moreover there are some special technical tricks applied.

To redefine the limits, the lightest materials were used: D10 cloth and 0.7mm Nithinol rods.

The combination of the unique SOLA concept and these materials create the basis for the outstanding position of SOLA UL.

SOLA UL Designer’s Note

When we started paragliding in the mid-80s, the equipment was still very small. At that time, however, there were no protectors or rescue equipment and the wing performance was very modest.
In later years the “flight package” became quite large, heavy and unwieldy.
Only through the use of new materials and technologies paragliding returned to its roots: you carry the wing up the mountain with ease, it carries you back down to the valley.
Hike&fly became a boom and fascinates more and more people.
The performance potential of a modern paragliding concept means you have a very large radius of action. A wing like the SOLA UL is very small, but offers very good glide at higher speeds, which means you can also progress against the wind or through downwind zones: a very important safety aspect in high alpine regions.

Hannes Papesh

Sola UL technica data

Following the standard in the miniwing section of paragliding, we are naming the SOLA UL on the base if it’s flat surface.

Here some remarkable technical details of the SOLA UL:
The SOLA UL 14 is able to carry 67 times more as their weight (inside certification range: load and flight test)!
The max weight inside certification range of the SOLA UL 16 is 2.1 times the min weight.
The SOLA UL 16 has EN C up to 90kg!
The SOLA UL 19 has below 2kg and is EN A up to 88kg!