On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:22:21 UTC, (Michael)
wrote:

: A lot less. It's much slower and much lighter, and probably is
: capable of delivering no more than a quarter of the energy on impact
: that a Nimbus can deliver.

I'm going to guess a bit, but assuming that a Nimbus weighs about 5
times as much as a hang-glider all up (750 vs 150kg) and flies twice
as fast (60 vs 30kt), it'll have twenty times the energy on impact...

Ian

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