Java Applets that simulate  Paraglider wing performance

 

Best Glide , also called Speed to Fly

 

  Best Turn , how to fly a wing optimal in a Thermal

 

  Catch the Thermal ,   best strategies to go after a drifting thermal

 

Winch Forces  shows the forces that a Paraglider gets exposed to during a winch launch

 

 An Applet which generates an IGC track from a start and end point coordinate , MakeIGC