News  2004

Autumn

another cool helmet from Icaro   Cut  Integral  & Jet    especially designed for paraglider pilots

We have developed the first 4fight integral with the Long Tail especially for the hang glider competition pilots.    But the competition pilots doesn’t like the integral helmet, so we made the 4fight Jet with the Long Tail.

We wanted to sell this beautiful helmet also to the paraglider pilots. But they told us that the long tail disturbed them when they have to look up to their sail.  What could we do ? Just CUT the long tail. The result was unexpected: another very cool helmet. Again we have to thanks 2 important persons that made the excellent job:

Ignazio Bernardi, Icaro designer, photograph, art director, test pilot and also very good competition pilot  (on the right)   the best and qualified helmet developer in the world !   (on the left)

Now that we have the 4fight CUT how do we call the 4fight with the long tail ? Simple, just 4fight LT for Long Tail

April

For this year at Icaro there are foreseen big novelties in the helmet range.  After the 4fight Jet, here is the next one:  Welcome to the future     The new generation in flight helmets     Here a picture during the development with our Italian designers Ignazio and Felice Note that today in Europe it is forbidden to sell a helmet that is not certified for our sport. We were allowed to take some pictures during the hard tests made in Italy. We are preparing an interesting article about it.

March

New:  The Jet model for the competition pilot

February

New  Stiffer Carbon Battens especially designed by Manfred Ruhmer for the competition gliders The new carbon batten profile of the Laminar Zero7 is aimed to increase the performance and at the same time to improve the safety of the new competition glider of Icaro 2000. These targets have both been achieved thanks to the major rigidity of the wing profile. the advantages are evident This new batten profile, together with the new frame geometry and the improvements of the already optimal sail, make the Laminar ZERO-7 a top efficient hang glider as well as a Work of Art