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ANDA manual EN-v1.01 January 2023
Preparation / Pre-Flight Checks
Connecting the speedbar
The ANDA comes with accelerator risers and can be flown with or without a speedbar attached. The speedbar should
be connected and adjusted following the instructions in your harness manual to ensure correct routing of the lines.
The weight-optimised speed system does not have Brummel hooks attached to the accelerator system, but there
is a loop sewn in, and the accelerator line can be attached to the speed bar using a classic larks head knot. If your
speedbar has Brummel hooks you can attach to the accelerator line using this knot without removing the Brummel
hook.
Lark’s Head Knot
When attaching the speed bar lines, make sure the accelerator and the speedbar lines run freely and are not caught
around anything including reserve handle, risers or lines.
To adjust the speedbar to the correct length, sit in your harness and ask an assistant to hold the risers up in their
in-flight position. The speedbar length can be adjusted, by moving the knots, so that the bar sits just beneath your
harness seat. You should be able to hook your heels into the bar, and to attain full bar extension (the two pulleys
touching) when you push your legs out. Once you have set the bar up in this way on the ground, a test flight in calm
Preparation
