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Owner`s Manual
Landing the
Java
The secret of a good landing is good field selection followed by a precise approach
with plenty of airspeed.
Always plan your landings from high up, check that the VB. is in the fully released
position and make sure you can get your feet out of your harnesses well before
landing. Check the surrounding air for other aircraft preparing to land. Look and
check that your approach and over-shoot path have as few obstacles as possible.
(Never choose to land immediately behind other gliders or obstacles but land to one
side. You might make a lot more friends on the hill!)
DE-RIGGING
This is largely the reverse of the assembly sequence:
De-rigging the glider flat
1. Lay the glider flat on the ground and into wind. Remove the under-surface
battens and the tip battens (or compression struts). Remove the nose batten before
releasing the cross tube tension. (If you intend to remove it from the sail. Swing the
wings in a few feet and then remove the other battens.
2. The wings can then be closed further and the king post lowered. The 'luff lines can
be clipped to the ring sewn to the edge of the king post hole.
3. Place the padding around the tension bolt. Bring the leading edges in further and
then dismantle the 'A' frame. Make sure that the packing wings (the pieces of
packing sewn to the sail) are out of the sail and alongside the top of the uprights.
Check that the spreader bar on the hang loop is not caught between the uprights.
Connect the ends of the uprights with the spacer provided. The side wire can then be
threaded though the 'A' frame padding which is located around the bottom of upright
castings. When packed the side wires should loop out of the bottom of this padding
so that they are not kinked.
4. The wing tips can then be brought together. Next the sail should be rolled and
tucked inside the Mylar of the leading edge. One side can be rolled and retained
with a tie and tip sock while the other is being done. A little slack can be pulled into
the under surface where it passes over the cross tube - leading edge junction.
5. The battens can be stowed at the front of the glider between the leading edges with
the curves over the nose section. The ties can then be placed round the glider holding
the leading edges neatly together. Place the glider bag over the glider and then turn
the glider on its back. Make sure that the packing wings are out of the sail and
protecting the sail from the top of upright castings. (Packing 'wings' are the pieces of
packing sewn to the inside of the sail along side the keel pocket inside the double
surface.)
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