COMBAT BREAKDOWN FOR SHIPPING PROCEDURE
This process will basically be the reverse of reassembling after breakdown for shipping. Before beginning, read
through the section above on how to re-install the rear leading edges. While following the instructions below, refer to the
photos in the section above for reference, if necessary.
1. Lay the glider on the ground or floor, unzip the bag and remove the velcro ties. Remove the speedbar and winglets
from the glider. Remove the protection tip bags. The outboard sprog access zippers should be fully unzipped.
2. Check to see that the leading edges are marked “Left” and “Right”. If they are not, mark them with an indelible
marker.
3. Unscrew the sail mount screws from the leading
edges # 1.
Fig. 3
4. Undo the sail mount webbing velcro and remove the
sail mount webbing from the leading edges end caps. With
the outboard sprog folded towards the nose pull the rear
leading edge straight aft while pressing the button spring in
to disengage it from the front, and then slide it backward
carefully out of the sail. Tape or pad the edges of the front
end of the leading edge tubes # 3, and the rear of the
leading edge tubes # 2 to prevent sail damage during
transportation.
5. Carefully fold the rear of the sail over against the
front, place velcro ties around the glider and put on the
glider bag, turning the bag 180 deg (i.e. matching the front
part of the bag to the rear part of the glider)
(Fig.3).
6. Zip up the glider bag zipper.
COMBAT SET-UP PROCEDURE
1. Lay the glider on the ground, with the bag zipper up, with the bag at right angle to the wind.
2. Undo the zipper, remove the speedbar and winglets from the glider.
3. Remove the speedbar from the bag, spread the uprights. Install the speedbar so that the offset of the speedbar is
directed forward in the direction of flight. Attach the speedbar using the quick-pins. Pass the VG-rope through the cleat;
make a knot on the end of the rope
(Fig.4).
Fig. 4
4. Flip the glider upright on the control bar. Try to set the
basebar on level ground. Remove the glider bag and all
velcro ties. Remove the batten bag with the battens from the
front part of the glider. Spread the wings almost all the way,
so that the sail is a little sagged and the glider is resting on
the wing tips and on the keel tube.
5. By lifting up and back on the nose batten strings, push
the nose battens fully back into the sail so that the batten tips
rest on top of the keel tube
(Fig.5).
Fig. 5
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