Advance acoustic SIGMA8, User Manual

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Materials used
We routinely inspect and test our materials many times over. Like all
ADVANCE products the SIGMA 8 is designed and produced as a re-
sult of the latest developments and knowledge. We have chosen all
the materials very carefully, under conditions of the strictest quality
control.
Leading edge:
New Skytex 6.6 Evolution water-repellent, 9092 E117 / 44 g/m2
Upper and lower surface:
New Skytex 6.6 water-repellent, 9017 E77A / 40 g/m2
Ribs:
New Skytex 6.6 hard, 9017 E29 / 40 g/m2
Internal partitions:
New Skytex 6.6 hard, 70000 E91 / 27 g/m2
Leading and trailing edge reinforcements:
Polyester laminated, 20mm
Lower leading edge reinforcements:
Polyamid, 16 mm
Lines:
• Edelrid Technora (Aramid), 6843 200 / 160, covered, 1,9 / 1,5 mm
(main lines)
• Liros Technora (Aramid), LTC 200, uncovered UV coated, 1,3 mm
(C main lines)
• Edelrid Technora (Aramid), 8000U 130 / 90, uncovered UV coated,
1,0 / 0,8 mm (2nd level)
• Edelrid Technora (Aramid), 8000U 70 / 50, uncovered UV coated,
0,7 / 0,5 mm (1st level)
• Edelrid Technora (Aramid), 8000U 70 / 50, uncovered UV coated,
0,7 / 0,5 mm (brake lines)
• DFLP 232, Dyneema/Pol Liros Technora (Aramid), LTC
160, 1,6 / 1,1 mm (steering line)
Risers:
Polyester / Technora (Aramid), 13mm – 1000kg
Quick links:
Maillon Rapide, Inox stainless, 3.5 mm - 750 kg
SIGMA 8 23 25 27 29
Flat surface m
2
22.50 25.00 27.00 29.00
Projected surface m
2
18.92 21.03 22.71 24.39
Span m 11.63 12.25 12.75 13.21
Projected span m 9.03 9.49 9.90 10.26
Aspect ratio 6.0
Projected aspect ratio 4.3
Max chord m 2.414 2.544 2.644 2.740
Min chord m 0.543 0.573 0.595 0.617
Take off weight 2 kg 65 - 85 75 - 95 85 - 110 100 - 130
Glider weight kg 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.3
Number of cells 61
Number of risers 3
Riser length cm 46 48 50 52
Max length of the lines with the risers cm 707.0 745.0 774.0 802.0
Min speed 1 km/h 23 +/- 1
Trim speed 1 km/h 39 +/- 1
Max speed 1 km/h 55 +/- 2
Min sink rate 1 m/s 1.1 +/- 0.1
Best glide 1 10 +/- 0.2
Certification EN / LTF
1 Values depending on wing loading, harness/pilot and glider size 2 Pilot, wing, equipment