Moyes LiteSport 5
Welcome to the new evolution of king posted hang gliders - the Moyes Litesport. The Litesport performs similarly to a non-kingposted glider, but handles like an intermediate glider, making it suitable for many pilots whether competitive or recreational. The Litesport design and development has been enhanced from our experience and knowledge of the Litespeed. Gerolf Heinrichs, our design engineer, has utilised many of the technical advantages of the Litespeed to design what we believe to be the best king posted glider in the world.
The Litesport's performance is attributed to the thick leading edge tube, fipeglass wing tips, and the CAD/CAM design and manufactured sail, providing a clean and tight leading edge surface for high speed glides. The Litesport uses a 7075 alloy frame with the 62mm (2 7/16in) leading edge from the Litespeed. The thicker and stiffer tubing assists with leading edge wind deflection experienced at high speed as well as providing a sturdy mounting point for the dive strut.
The sail is designed and manufactured with the same CAD/CAM system used for the Litespeed. The sail is precision cut and assembled, providing an extremely smooth and clean wing surface. The Litesport's standard sail is constructed from Powerib (Dacron). Alternatively, a high performance PX10 Mylar sail is available.
The Litesport's kingpost adopts a sophisticated G-String compensation system, which requires only one luff line and a single dive stick to minimise drag and weight. As the VG is pulled on, the kingpost mounting point for the top side wires is lowered. The single luff line is secured to the top side wire instead of the kingpost as with conventional gliders. Therefore as the VG is applied, the trailing edge of the sail is lowered to further enhance the gliders performance. Despite the extra functionality, the VG system is extremely easy to operate.
The mounting point of the luff line is set 250mm forward of the trailing edge, providing a more reliable reflex action from the luff line. On most kingpost gliders when the luff lines apply pressure, the trailing edge curls up. With the Litesport's system, the trailing edge is raised evenly, which has proved favourable during certification testing.
The diverse range provided by the VG and G-string systems are a key feature of the Moyes Litesport. When the VG is off, they provide a loose, flexible wing with a raised trailing edge for launches, landings and thermalling. When the VG is applied, they provide a tight, flat sail for high speed glides. It is these key features, which make the Moyes Litesport easy to handle, yet provide a comparable glide with most non-kingposted gliders up to 65km/h (40mph).
The superior handling of the Litesport is also complemented by the low wing tip inertia due to the gliders low weight design. As less hardware is used in the wings (ie. One dive strut and one luff line only) the glider feels more responsive, easier to turn and even easier to straighten.
As with all Moyes gliders, safety is an integral part of the Litesport design. Glider stability is enhanced with a slightly increased sweep angle, inbuilt sail twist and advanced dive strut design. The positioning of the luff line in from the trailing edge also offers more reliable reflex when required.
The glider comes standard with aerodynamic uprights and a standard speed bar with rubber grips. The Litesport can be optionally fitted with a Fast base bar or the Zoom A-frame.
Despite being a new glider, the Litesport has already proven itself in competition, even against non-kingposted gliders. Gerolf Heinrichs won the last day at the Australian Open 2002 and Jon Durand Jnr won the entire Australian NSW State Championships 2002 flying the Litesport.
The kingpost is back!
The G-String Compensation system - as the VG is pulled on, the top side wires are lowered, hence lowering the trailing edge via the single luff line.
The advanced dive stick design takes advantage of the stiff leading edge, providing more effective support.
The single luff line is positioned in from the trailing edge. More of the trailing edge is supported using this system than conventional systems which curl the trailing edge.
Stock comes with dacron sail, round downtubes and round base tube.
Mylar sail upgrade: +$200us
Zoom with carbon basetube: +$800us
Zoom with Fast basetube: +$600us
