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2. Remove the hang bracket.
3. Remove plastic winglets.
4. Lift the keel tube up to your chest. Remove the keel tube stinger out of the keel tube. Place the end of
the keel tube on the keel tube stinger.
5. Unzip the sprog access zippers all the way to the leading edge end of the zippers. Pull out the inboard
and outboard sprogs.
6. Remove the undersurface battens. Remove the tip lever battens.
7. De-tension the crossbar sweep wires.
8. Remove all cambered battens except the first inboard longest battens.
9. Roll the outboard section of the sail and install the outboard wing protection bags on.
10. Remove the keel tube stinger
, protect the keel tube end with the cover
and l
et the keel tube end rest on the
ground.
The glider will be resting on the wing tips and on the keel tube.
11. Detach the front wires at the nose plate.
12. Disconnect the struts from the cross bar fittings at first. Swing the strut forward to be able to
disconnect it from the control frame. Disconnect the strut from the control frame corner.
13. Fold the wings all the way in to the keel pulling the sail over the top of the leading edges. At each
wingtip, remove the tip cover bag. Install the protective pad and sock over the rear wires junction bolt and
the rear end of the keel.
14. Pull the sail out away from the keel until it is even on top and bottom. Roll the sail gently and carefully,
parallel to the trailing edge of the front and then outboard portion of the sail.
NOTE
Try to roll the sail in such a way that the leading edge portion remains as smooth as possible. Do not
attempt to stuff the sail between the Mylar pocket and the leading edge tube at any point where you feel
resistance, and do not attach the Velcro ties tight so as to induce creases in the Mylar or leading edge
sail material.
Working from the trailing edge, roll the sail tightly to the leading edge and install the wing tip cover bag.
15. Finish rolling the sail in the area of the sprogs. Secure the sail with the Velcro sail ties.
16. Stow the battens in the batten bag and stow it in the front part of the wing.
17. Install the sail mount Velcro straps around the sail and stow the nosecone under the most forward
Velcro.
18. Install the wing bag. Flip the wing over onto the ground. Detach the control bar. Fit the control bar in
the protection bag and stow it between the leading edges in the aft part of the wing.
19. Fold up the control frame and install the control frame bag. Lay the control frame down against the
keel and stow the cables between the control bar legs.
20. Zip up the wing bag.
WING TUNING
Properly tuned, the wing is safe, comfortable and fun to fly. The wing has been tested and tuned by the
manufacture or your dealer. However, in case you have enough experience, you may tune the wing by
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