Aeros COMBAT 12T, Owner'S Service Manual

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yourself, as written below, if necessary. There are a number of adjustments that affect the flight
characteristics of the wing.
WARNING
DO NOT PERFORM MORE THAN ONE ADJUSTMENT AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
EXPERIENCE TO TEST FLY THE WING, ASK MORE EXPERIENCED PILOT TO DO IT FOR YOU.
THE TEST FLIGHT SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN SMOOTN AIR AND WITH CAUTION.
BATTENS
The battens will need to be compared and adjusted to match the batten profile template at regular
intervals. Small variations in batten camber (± 5 mm at the trailing edge) will not have significant effect on
flight characteristics.
BATTENS TENSION
With some airtime on the wing the battens tension may get too loose, this may cause the trailing edge to
flatter. If the battens tensioned too much, the handling will become harder. Make sure the battens
tensioned on both wings identical.
All battens on the Combat 12T (except the outboard lever battens) are tensioned by lever batten tips. The
desired batten tension can be easily adjusted by the threaded batten tip adjuster.
To increase batten tension rotate the threaded lever batten tip adjuster counter clockwise. To decrease
batten tension rotate the threaded lever batten tip adjuster clockwise.
The batten tension can be checked on the wing which is completely rigged and all battens are tensioned.
Open the batten tip lever (it has to be opened but not removed from the hem of the trailing edge). The
angle between the lever tip and the batten has to be approximately 30 degrees, which indicates correct
batten tension.
The outboard lever batten consists of two parts – one is fixed to the leading edge and another one is fixed
to the sail. To increase the batten tension rotate the fixed to the leading edge part of the batten counter
clockwise.
SAIL MOUNT CAPS ADJUSTMENT
The turn of the wing can be corrected by rotating one of the sail mount plastic caps. A left turn is
corrected by twisting the right sail cap clockwise (twisting the sail up at the trailing edge). A right turn is
corrected by twisting the left sail mount cap counter clockwise (twisting the sail up at the trailing edge). If
rotation of the plastic cap on one side is not enough to compensate turn, you can at the same time rotate
the plastic cap on another wing in opposite direction.