Java
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Owner`s Manual
Consult the trouble shooting area of this manual for possible causes.)
8. Push the battens home the last little bit. (With a new sail the battens may not go
fully home unless pushed.) The batten elastics should be put on double on each
batten.
9. Locate the washout rod. This can only be done with a tensioned glider. Put your
arm in the end of the sail, rotate the washout rod out until it is perpendicular to the
leading edge and locate the end of the rod on its stub. Lift the back of the sail and
you should hear the washout rod clunk into place. Now the batten nearest the wing
tip can be inserted. It locates on a plastic cleat on the leading edge. (These battens,
sometimes called compression struts, are profiled on the Java. Like all the other top
surface battens the curve should be up. The top surface of the wing should be convex
NOT
concave.)
10. The under surface battens should also be inserted when the glider is tensioned.
They should be pushed home so that only the rope projects from the batten pocket.
Put the most outboard U/S batten in first. The under surface battens can be pushed
home with another under surface batten.
11. Put in the nose batten. This is easier with the VB. on full. Some people prefer to
put the nose batten in before the wings are moved out at all or to leave the nose batten
in the glider when packed. (If you do this don't forget to check its profile when you
check the profile of the other battens. It will go flat.)
12. Make sure that the wires are not twisted, then stand the glider on its control
frame and attach the swan catch, pip pin and safety washer.
13. Make sure that the nose catch is correctly attached and then put the nose cone on.
14. The glider is now fully rigged. You should now make sure that you do a
thorough pre-flight check before you fly.
We suggest that if there is significant wind that the glider is left flat on the ground,
nose into wind and securely weighted or tied down at the nose until you are ready to
fly.
In light winds the Java maybe left standing on its 'A' frame tail into wind. In this
position it is obviously prone to being ground looped by gusts of wind, thermals or, in
hotter countries, dust devils. We strongly recommend that you keep a close eye on it.
Rigging the Java standing on its A-frame
This is useful in confined spaces or where the terrain is likely to cause soiling or
damage to the sail. It is essentially very similar to rigging the glider flat:
1. Lay the glider on the ground. If there is any wind the nose should be pointing
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