Until now, starting Parakite safely meant one thing: taking a Moustache in a bigger size. It worked as a stopgap, but it wasn’t ideal. A bigger wing changes the turning behaviour, and you quickly find yourself limited by the usable wind range. With the Scout, Flare fills that gap: a wing designed from the ground up for learning, without sacrificing the fun of flying.
A wing built to reassure, not to hold you back
The Scout was designed to make entry into the discipline intuitive and safe, while keeping enough performance to grow with the pilot over time. It’s a real step forward for Parakite, since it now offers a wing that’s genuinely suited to getting started, with no compromise on safety.
A wing that’s easier at every level: it’s more stable on both the pitch and roll axes, thanks to an architecture designed with this in mind — profile thickness, arc, and the length of the suspension cone.
But it’s really at the extreme flight angles, high and low angle of attack, that the Scout shows an even safer behaviour. This gives us a wing that’s more resistant to collapse when flying hands-up, and that’s already saying something given Parakites are more collapse-resistant than paragliders to begin with — so we’re talking about a wing that’s a full step ahead in terms of safety against this type of flight incident.
It’s also surprisingly good at low speeds, keeping an extremely sound behaviour even when heavily braked. I can even say that, across paragliding and Parakite alike, of everything I’ve seen in my career, this is the wing with the soundest attitude in the parachutal phase — making the kind of stall you’d expect from a paraglider almost impossible.
Adaptive winglets: the real innovation
This is the feature that truly sets the Scout apart: a removable, zip-on winglet system that lets you adapt the roll behaviour to the pilot’s level.
- Winglets on: the wing gains roll stability, the wingtips stay calm. This matters, because over-steering in roll is exactly what most easily overwhelms a beginner.
- Winglets off: the wing becomes livelier and more playful, with a noticeably more dynamic, roll-active behaviour.
The full Flare technical package, right from entry level
The Scout carries the same technologies found on the Moustache 2 and the Bandit:
- Sharknose: leading-edge profile that improves performance and stability
- Anti-sand system: automatic evacuation of sand and debris through the wingtips
- Riser Fix System: rigidifies the risers for clean, tangle-free packing
- Killer Mushroom: fully kills lift on the ground if the wind gets too strong
- Stabilo brake lines: more precise 2D steering in turns, blending main brake and stabilo
The reflex profile, present across the whole range, remains the guarantee of collapse resistance and control at speed — a Parakite fundamental that’s already there on the entry-level wing.
A wing that grows with you
The Scout is available in four sizes: 16, 19, 22 and 26. It’s designed as a progression companion rather than just an entry-level product — the idea is that it stays exciting as the pilot’s level evolves, not just for the first few sessions.
My take, as a Flare Pro Partner
After several months of using the Scout for my courses on the Dune du Pilat, I see it as a real breakthrough for teaching Parakite. It ticks every box I’d want from a wing built for teaching this discipline. It’s the perfect tool to start practising safely and to progress, before moving on to a wing like the Moustache 2, and later perhaps a Bandit.
Want to try the Scout?
As a Flare Pro Partner, I can advise you on the right size for your level and build, organise a trial on the Dune du Pilat, and give you a promo code for your order on the Flare website.
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