Swing Escape Reserve Parachute – Confidence in Every Flight
Your Ultimate Safety Companion in the Sky
The Swing Escape Reserve Parachute is more than an emergency backup—it is your assurance of a safe return to the ground when unexpected situations arise during flight. Engineered for paragliding pilots who value reliability, minimal weight, and lightning-fast deployment, this reserve parachute stands out as a leader in safety technology.
When you’re hundreds or even thousands of meters above ground, peace of mind is priceless. That’s exactly what the Swing Escape delivers. From the moment you clip in, you know that if conditions turn unpredictable, your reserve will perform with speed, stability, and precision.
Why the Swing Escape is the Smart Choice
Flying is about freedom, but freedom is only possible with confidence in your safety equipment. The Swing Escape Reserve Parachute integrates the latest design innovations to ensure rapid opening times, low sink rates, and exceptional stability under canopy.
Unlike bulky or outdated reserve systems, the Escape is lightweight yet robust, offering smooth packing, effortless handle access, and intuitive use even in high-stress scenarios.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Performance Features That Make the Difference
Every detail of the Swing Escape Reserve Parachute is designed with a single goal—maximizing your safety while maintaining ease of use. Whether you’re a beginner building skills or a seasoned pilot pushing limits, the Escape is the kind of reserve you can trust unconditionally.
Key Highlights
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Ultra-Fast Deployment – Opens in seconds, minimizing altitude loss.
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Stable Descent – Excellent pendulum stability to keep you centered.
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Low Sink Rate – Reduces landing impact, protecting joints and spine.
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Lightweight Construction – Easy to carry without compromising strength.
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Compact Packing Volume – Fits neatly into most modern harness reserve compartments.
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High-Strength Materials – Built for durability under extreme loads.
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Ergonomic Deployment Handle – Easy to reach and pull under stress.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute How It Works in Real Emergencies
Rapid Response When It Counts
The Swing Escape is engineered for lightning-quick activation. In turbulent air, if your main wing becomes unresponsive or compromised, the intuitive deployment handle ensures minimal fumbling and maximum speed.
The canopy inflates in record time, ensuring you regain stability almost instantly. This fast inflation isn’t just about comfort—it’s about giving you the best possible chance to land safely with minimal descent.
Comfort Meets Safety
Effortless Handling for All Pilots
A reserve parachute is something you hope to never use, yet it should always feel effortless to carry and operate. The Swing Escape achieves this balance with low weight and compact storage, allowing you to fly without bulk or discomfort.
The packing process is straightforward, and because the fabric resists tangling, repacking after an annual check is smooth and frustration-free.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Designed for Inclusive Use
From Training Flights to Extreme Adventures
Whether you’re flying recreationally on calm evenings or participating in cross-country competitions, the Swing Escape adapts to your needs. Its user-friendly design makes it accessible for pilots of all sizes, abilities, and experience levels.
It also accommodates a broad weight range, ensuring that smaller and larger pilots alike enjoy optimal performance.
Built to Last
The materials used in the Swing Escape Reserve Parachute are chosen for durability and consistency. High-tensile lines, reinforced stitching, and advanced canopy fabrics combine to create a reserve that withstands not only deployment forces but also years of storage and transportation.
This means your investment continues to protect you season after season.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Peace of Mind with Every Launch
A well-designed reserve system is not just a piece of gear—it is your last line of defense. With the Swing Escape, you can launch confidently, knowing that should the unexpected happen, your reserve will react as designed—quickly, reliably, and predictably.
Tips for Best Use
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Regular Inspections – Have your reserve checked annually by a qualified technician.
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Practice Deployments – Rehearse the motion of reaching and pulling the handle during ground training.
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Correct Harness Fit – Ensure your harness reserve compartment is compatible with the Swing Escape’s volume.
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Mind the Weight Range – Stay within the manufacturer’s specified pilot weight for best performance.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Specifications at a Glance
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Type: Round reserve parachute
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Weight: Lightweight for all-day carry
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Sink Rate: Optimized for soft landings
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Deployment Speed: Exceptionally fast canopy inflation
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Material: High-grade ripstop nylon and strong suspension lines
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Compatibility: Fits most modern paragliding harness reserve compartments
The Swing Escape Reserve Parachute a reserve of the latest generation is released. Its very rapid opening, unequalled low sink rate and high level of pendulum stability will put your mind at ease even in a case of emergency.
SWING’s new ESCAPE series uses an innovative valve system, which has made it possible for the first time to combine the advantages of the tried and tested double canopy (high level of opening safety and pendulum stability, rapid opening time) with the advantages of a ‘traditionally’ designed reserve (easy to pack, advantage with respect to load).
The principle of the double canopy has been used:
when the reserve opens, a total of 8 vent flaps ensure additional airflow into the reserve from the centre. This reduces opening time considerably and improves opening safety. It differs from the double canopy in closing the vent flaps after inflation which, combined with optimised design, leads to greater efficiency. A further advantage of the vent flaps is that they allow compensating airstreams into the canopy, which can counter possible pendulum motion.
Use of a special zero-porosity material further assists opening behaviour and efficiency, meaning that the same sink rates can be achieved while the amount of materials used is reduced. This in turn has a positive effect on pack size and weight. The best example of this is the Escape M which, with a maximum load of 105kg, weighs just 1.05kg – meaning it is one of the lightest reserves with LTF certification available, or even the lightest!
Use of rubber tabs in the internal container is a further safety measure. The suspension lines are attached to these, so on opening the reserve the lines tighten in a controlled manner. This makes it practically impossible for the lines to get crossed. The colour scheme for the reserve chute and the internal container in signal colours complete the well thought-out design.
- Quick release and opening in an emergency
- Good stability even at high release speeds
- Greatly reduced tendency to swing due to outlet openings
- 12 years lifetime with proper care
- light weight
- small packing volume
- fast opening
The Swing Swing Escape Reserve Parachute new features at a glance:
- The double-top surface design with closable valves allows the reserve to open very rapidly.
- The optimised form improved its top surface and reduced its weight, two factors which have a positive effect on opening time.
- Special zero-porosity material reduces weight and improves opening speed.
- New line loops in the internal container ensure that the lines unfold in a controlled manner. They also prevent the lines from getting tangled above the canopy or unintentional deployment.
Who’s the Escape for?
The ESCAPE is the first choice for any pilot who wants more than just a second chance. In particular, its extremely low weight and pack size, combined with very good descent rates, suggest that the ESCAPE is destined for use in convertible harnesses and /or lightweight harnesses such as the Connect Reverse, or as a second reserve – in a separate front container or in the integrated front container of the Connect Race.
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute : 22m2, 1.05kg
The smallest size of Escape differs in several respects from the ESCAPE L and XL. Its impressive small pack size and very low weight of just 1050g make it the perfect option for:
- very light pilots
- competition pilots wanting a second reserve, and
- mini-wing or mountaineer pilots.
The ESCAPE – small, lightweight and reliable, especially when time is of the essence.
Escape | M | L | XL |
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LTF homologation | AIRT-RG-052.2012 | AIRT-RG-054.2012 | AIRT-RG-055.2012 |
CEN homologation | – | AIRT-RG-054.2012 | AIRT-RG-055.2012 |
Recommended weight range (kg) Min/Max incl. equipment |
70-85 | 70-110 | 80-125 |
maximum load, EN (kg), max incl. equipment | – | 110 kg | 125 kg |
maximum load, LTF (kg), max incl. equipment | 105 kg | 110 kg | 125 kg |
Wing area (m²) | 22 | 30 | 34 |
Projected wing area (m²) | – | – | – |
Weight including container (kg) | 1,0 | 1,5 | 1,7 |
opening time (sec.) | Test 1 – 2,20 Test 2 – 2,12 |
Test 1 – 2,64 Test 2 – 2,48 |
Test 1 – 2,88 Test 2 – 2,92 |
takeoff weight > sink rate | 105 kg – 6,4 m/s | 110 kg – 5,2 m/s | 125 kg – 5,3 m/s |
takeoff weight > sink rate | 100 kg – 6,2 m/s | 100 kg – 5,0 m/s | 100 kg – 4,7 m/s |
takeoff weight > sink rate | 80 kg – 5,5 m/s | 80 kg – 4,4 m/s | 80 kg – 4,2 m/s |
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Scope of delivery
- Swing Escape
- Rescue container
- Operating Instructions
Optional accessories
- Front container
Operating Instructions
Specification
Swing Escape Reserve Parachute Overview
Weight | 5 lbs |
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Size | M (22m^2) – 70 to 105 kg
,L (30m^2) – 70 to 110 kg ,XL (34m^2) – 80 to 125 kg |
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