Aeros COMBAT 12T, Owner'S Service Manual

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If you choose not to check your battens for symmetry before each flight, you should, at a minimum, check
them once a month.
Aeros convention is that the red marked battens go in the left wing and green marked battens in the right
wing. Battens are numbered from the center outwards, and the longest batten in a Combat 12T is
designated as the "No. 1" batten. Install the cambered battens in the sail.
Install the 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.
CAUTION
INSERT THE BATTENS CAREFULLY, SO AS TO MINIMISE STRESS AND WEAR ON THE SAIL.
Never insert or remove battens with the crossbar tensioned (except for up to the last three 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.
To open or close the batten tip lever
, press firmly on the undersurface of the tip lever to disengage or
engage it.
12. At the rear inside of the keel pocket find the sweep (cross tube tensioning) wires handle. Pull the
sweep wires handle out of the rear end of the keel pocket, and check that the sweep wires are not twisted
and not wrapped around the keel. Attach the shackle of the sweep wires to the hook, placed on the keel
tube.
WARNING
IN-FLIGHT DISENGAGEMENT OF THIS ATTACHMENT WILL CAUSE A COMPLETE LOSS OF
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT OF THE WING AND A TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. NEVER ATTACH THE
PULL HANDLE WEBBING OF THE SHACKLE TO THE HOOK, EVEN TEMPORARILY.
13. The tip lever batten is fixed to the sail with one end and to the leading edge tube with another end.
Install the tip lever battens as shown on the photos.