{"id":20249,"date":"2026-10-01T07:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/?p=20249"},"modified":"2026-10-01T07:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:21:01","slug":"swing-sonic-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/swing-sonic-rs\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing launches the Sonic RS, its new all-terrain parakite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swing-sonic-rs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20145\" style=\"width:295px;height:auto\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swing-sonic-rs.jpg 471w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swing-sonic-rs-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swing-sonic-rs-441x420.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swing Sonic RS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Swing presented the Sonic RS on August 20, a parakite designed not to be boxed into a single flying style: it works for coastal soaring in strong wind as well as for proximity flying, touch-and-gos or dynamic turns. The wing is already available in three sizes (15, 18 and 21 m\u00b2), with a fourth 24 m\u00b2 size still in development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the spec sheet published by the German brand, the Sonic RS starts from the reflex profile of the Scorpio RS, their high-performance paramotor wing, adapted and refined specifically for parakiting by Swing\u2019s Italian R&amp;D team, led by designer Alessio Casolla. The development was fine-tuned over long sessions on the South African coast, in the widest possible range of conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swing-sonic-rs-colores.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20146\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wing combines the <strong>reflex profile<\/strong> with <strong>RAST technology<\/strong> (which compartmentalises the internal pressure on the bottom surface to give stability and structure to the profile) and a shark nose reinforced with Nitinol to keep the leading edge sharp and precise. According to Swing, this combination keeps the wing compact and pressurised even at low angles of attack and on bar, reducing the tendency to collapse at the front. The risers are hybrids of Dyneema lines and robust fabric: the A riser is made of 12 mm webbing, while the Mixer \u2014 the Ronstan pulley system built into the risers that combines pitch and yaw control in a single point \u2014 is built in Dyneema. According to Swing, this combination gives more direct control on launch. All sizes also include tip-steering, which can be combined with the main brakes for more agile and precise turns, as the brand describes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5wa6Ehsodcs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SWING - SONIC RS - Parakite\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5wa6Ehsodcs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swing team pilot Martin Perdacher, quoted on the official website, described his experience with the wing on a trip to Madeira: \u201cthe Sonic was simply the perfect partner for our trip to Madeira. Whatever the conditions, it convinced us in every way and made this trip unforgettable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Sonic RS<\/th><th>15<\/th><th>18<\/th><th>21<\/th><th>24<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Certified take-off weight (kg)<\/td><td>50-119<\/td><td>55-119<\/td><td>60-119<\/td><td>70-119<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cells<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flat area (m\u00b2)<\/td><td>15.0<\/td><td>18.0<\/td><td>21.0<\/td><td>24.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Span (m)<\/td><td>9.1<\/td><td>10.0<\/td><td>11.0<\/td><td>11.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aspect ratio<\/td><td>5.5<\/td><td>5.6<\/td><td>5.75<\/td><td>5.85<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Glider weight (kg)<\/td><td>3.5<\/td><td>3.8<\/td><td>4.2<\/td><td>4.6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EN 926-1 certification is in progress for all four sizes; speed values, sink rate and the certification number will be published once the testing process is complete, according to Swing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>+Info:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swing.de\/produkte\/sonic-rs\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swing.de\/produkte\/sonic-rs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swing presents the Sonic RS, a versatile parakite with the reflex profile of the Scorpio RS, already available in 15, 18 and 21 m\u00b2, with the 24 m\u00b2 on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,528],"tags":[1795],"class_list":["post-20249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paragliding","category-paragliding-news","tag-swing-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20252,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20249\/revisions\/20252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}