{"id":2000,"date":"2021-11-01T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/fr\/?page_id=2000"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:53:01","slug":"les-benefices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/en\/key-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Key benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1468\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Visuel-site-EN-V-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Visuel-site-EN-V-2.png 925w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Visuel-site-EN-V-2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Visuel-site-EN-V-2-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">AWP system brings major benefits: increased performance, easier practice and longer lifetime for large sails<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The performance comes from a better airfoil shape with thickness and asymmetry: we compare to the best soft sails on the market.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Profile thickness is adjustable: it can be inflated on the windward side, the leeward side, or both sides at once. Given that the median is the theoretical profile, we can modify the shape of the profile and obtain a flat or hollow profile according to our needs!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The performance of ADD Modules compared to rigid wings comes from its ability to twist : <span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">A sail&#8217;s angle of attack is the angle it forms with the wind <\/span><span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">&#8230; and the wind changes strength (+10% at 10 m) and also direction, depending on its height. The wing must adjust its profile at altitude, which a rigid system cannot do.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vrillage-dune-Aile-en.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vrillage-dune-Aile-en.png 540w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vrillage-dune-Aile-en-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Aircraft wings are efficient but operate at constant altitude. The rigid wind propulsion system suppliers should use a Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel to confirm the figures they put forward\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2597\" src=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twisted-Flow-Wind-Tunnel-in-Aukland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twisted-Flow-Wind-Tunnel-in-Aukland.png 832w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twisted-Flow-Wind-Tunnel-in-Aukland-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twisted-Flow-Wind-Tunnel-in-Aukland-768x893.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Our wingsail is semi-rigid and allows easier exploitation and handling: fo<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">r example the wingsail folds in complete autonomy on the folding lines determined during its design.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" src=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pliage-de-la-voile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pliage-de-la-voile.png 224w, https:\/\/add-modules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pliage-de-la-voile-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The wingsail doesn&#8217;t flap which means less fatigue of the components and no stress for sailors. We compared the product lifetime of our wing to that of a soft sail in the fishing industry and, for the same surface area and geometry, our wing lasts 5 times longer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%5B%3Afr%5DLes%20B%C3%A9n%C3%A9fices%5B%3Aen%5DKey%20benefits%5B%3A%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWP system brings major benefits: increased performance, easier practice and longer lifetime for large sails The performance comes from a better airfoil shape with thickness and asymmetry: we compare to the best soft sails on the market. 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