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"Every pilot needs his wing" . This is the philosophy with which GRIF develops its design.
From the CRX - Feline been born in 2001 and with which Mark Cianfanelli has conquered the Italian championship 2001 developed him to Valdera, in November of 2004, the GRIF has derived the new CRX Gitane. The CRX Gitane has finished his development and it is available for the market now, her construction it makes her particularly fit to be coupled to heavy trikes but it is available also a version relieved fit for the traditional trike motorized two times.
What makes her only, it is the vast operational range, with inferior least and least speeds of manoeuvre to 50 Kmh and next cruising speeds to the 100 maintainable km/h for long drawn with a confort of excellent pilotage, they make it for a long time fit to the tourism ray, facilitated by the speed maximum superior to 140 km/h .

The aspects that countersign the CRX from the rest of our production, are verifiable both on the cut of the sail, and on the new double surface, to which the 7 battens of lower sail for wing guarantee an optimal profile both to tall that to low speeds. The total surface is of 14.4 mq but the completely different cut of the edge of exit in comparison to the CRS, they make the completely different CRX in all the phases of flight, elevated efficiency and elevated middle (broadly personalizzabile through our exclusive system of hookup wing_trike) speed united to an enviable least speed of manoeuvre, they make it only.
The frame derives in its structure from that of the CRS, it has shorter keel and endowed with series of all the reinforcements that is climbed on on the versions increased of our wings. It is made with tubes of AVIONAL 2017, the sail's battens of ERGAL 7075 , all the plates and the mechanical parts are made of AVIONAL 2024 , ALLUMINIUM 3571 and STAINLESS STEEL , according to their use.
All the pieces were designed for mechanical work, but even providing for aesthetical shape, the pieces of the driving triangle are an example , which join and have the same tube's wing contour. They are made by the best workshops with numerical control machine-tools.

We use POLYANT'S products to make the sail, the leading-edge is made of TRYLAM or PENTEX , but for the extrados and double surface we use DACRON, reinforced where there are the biggest efforts. It means a longest life for our wings and some comfortable driving characteristics.
This production's organization allows us to obtain high aesthetical and mechanical quality, maintaining low cost both for wings and spare-parts .