{{Short description|French hang glider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Medium | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Hang glider | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = France | manufacturer = Tecma Sport | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = In production | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = 1985-present | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Tecma Medium''' is a French high-wing, two-place, hang glider, designed and produced by Tecma Sports of Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, introduced in 1985. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.<ref name="WDLA04">Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 50. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delta-club-82.com/bible/f1en-tecma-sport.htm|title=Tecma Sport (Hang glider manufacturer)|work=delta-club-82.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
==Design and development== The Medium was designed for flight training and passenger flights and is made from aluminum tubing, with the single-surface wing covered in 4 oz Dacron sailcloth. Its {{convert|10.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 124°, wing area is {{convert|20.8|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and the aspect ratio is 5.7:1. Pilot hook-in weight range is {{convert|100|to|170|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA04"/>
The sole model, the Medium 21, is named for its rough wing area in square metres. The glider model is DHV and SHV certified.<ref name="WDLA04"/><ref name="PDF">{{cite web|url = http://www.tecma-sport.com/upload/Biplaces_2008.pdf|title = Biplaces|accessdate = 4 March 2016|author = Tecma Sport |year = 2008}}</ref> <!-- ==Operational history== --> <!-- ==Aircraft on display== -->
==Specifications (Medium 21) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bertrand and manufacturer<ref name="WDLA04"/><ref name="PDF"/> |prime units?=met<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=
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==External links== *[http://www.tecma-sport.com/produits.php?id=22 Official website] {{Tecma aircraft}}
Medium Category:Hang gliders