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4.2
Upstairs (single step switch is not activated)
Before each climbing process there must be a
performance check (see chapter 3.3).
In order to climb stairs, you need to remove the back wheels
of your wheelchair. First you attach the scalamobil to your
wheelchair as described in chapter 3.4.
Then you do as follows:
· Push the direction of travel switch [22] back (also see
chapter 2.1).
· If you have not done so already, turn on the scalamobil
by pressing the On/Off button [3].
· Align all four wheels of the scalamobil by pressing the
driving switch [2].
· Adjust the handlebars to breast height of the person
operating the scalamobil (see chapter 3.5).
· Tilt the scalamobil plus wheelchair backwards and towards
you.
· You have reached an ideal position when you feel hardly
any pressure forward or backward accordingly.
· Drive the scalamobil backward to the stairway.
· Move up two steps above the level of the wheelchair.
· Pull the scalamobil against the lowest step.
· Push the driving switch [2]; the scalamobil begins
climbing. (As soon as you release the driving switch [2],
the climbing process is interrupted immediately; the
wheels stand still).
The inner pair of wheels touches down on the first step.
At the same time the scalamobil with the attached wheelchair
is lifted. As soon as all four wheels are in a parallel position
once more, the first step has been climbed – the climbing
cycle has been completed.
When climbing regular stairs with standard depth, you may
push the driving switch [2] continuously (recommended for
skilled users only) and climb step after step without
interruption.
When climbing stairs with an extremely high depth, interrupt
the climbing process until you have pulled both pairs of
wheels in parallel position to the next step’s edge.
