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Fun MANUAL
Issue Date: 1 October 2001 Page 6
Section 3 OPERATING LIMITATIONS
WARNING
Hang Gliding is a high risk sport. The safe operation of this hang glider ultimately rests
with you, the pilot. We believe that in order to fly safely you must maturely practice the
sport of hang gliding. You should never fly this hang glider beyond the placarded limits.
The velocity never to exceed (VNE) for your glider is given in Section 2, as is the
maximum speed for manoeuvres or flying in rough air (VA). The indicated airspeeds
given are for calibrated instruments mounted on, or near, the base bar of the control
frame. During your initial flights on the glider it is recommended that you fly with an
airspeed indicator until you are able to recognise the control feel that produces the
airspeeds shown.
Flight operations should be limited to non-aerobatic manoeuvres where the pitch angle
does not exceed 30 degrees up or down to the horizon and where the bank angle does
not exceed 60 degrees.
Aggressive stalls and spins should not be attempted. Operations outside the
recommended flight envelope, such as aerobatic manoeuvres or erratic pilot technique
may ultimately produce equipment failure.
Your glider was designed for foot launched soaring and should not be flown by more
than one person at a time. It should not be flown backwards or inverted.
The setting up and breaking down of a hang glider, transportation on cars and flying
itself, will have an effect over time on its structural integrity. The glider will require
maintenance as outlined in the maintenance section of this manual. Like any aircraft
safety depends on a combination of careful maintenance and your ability to fly
intelligently and conservatively.
The owner and operator must understand that due to inherent risks involved in flying a
hang glider, no warranty of any kind is made or implied against accidents, bodily injury
and death, other than those which cannot by law be excluded.
We hope that your new glider will provide you with many hours of safe flying.
AIRBORNE.
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