Aeros Combat-12.4-GT, Owner'S Service Manual

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4.7. 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.
4.8. Remove the battens from the batten bag, and check each batten for symmetry against the corresponding batten
from the other wing. Align the battens at the nose, and at about the 60% chord point. There should not be any
deviation of more than 3mm (1/8’’) from one batten to the other along the full length of the battens.
Aeros convention is that green marked battens go in the right wing and red marked battens - in the left.
Battens are numbered from the center outwards, and the longest batten in a Combat is designated as the "# 1"
batten.
Install the cambered top surface battens in the sail, leaving out the shortest four on each side for now (Fig. 7).
Install the lever batten tips into the hem of the trailing edge. At each batten, make sure the opening in the underside
of the trailing edge hem is spread to accept the tab on the batten tip. Make sure the tab slides fully into the hem
(Fig. 8).
To open the batten tip lever, press firmly on the undersurface of the tip lever to disengage it (Fig. 9).
Figure 8 Figure 9
Insert the battens carefully so as to minimize stress and wear on the sail
.
Never insert or remove top surface battens with the cross-bar tensioned (except for up to the last four on each side)
and never insert or remove battens with heavy wind pressure on the top of the sail or in any condition which causes
the battens to slide with great resistance in the pockets.