Bolero 6 user manual
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Line system, brakes and line plan
Line system
The Bolero 6 has A, B and C line levels, which fork two or three times from the bottom (riser)
to the top (canopy) and which are divided into "Main", "Lower-Middle", "Higher-Middle" und
"Top" lines. The individual line levels are connected with one another using the “handshake
knot” (special hoop technology).
With the brake lines, the individual levels are bundled at the end with the main brake line.
This runs through the brake ring (or pulley) attached to the riser and is knotted at the brake
loop of the control handle. There is a mark on the main brake line which allows the control
handle to be correctly positioned.
The main lines are all attached to Maillon quick links. They are fed through special elastic
rings (or plastic clips) and attached to prevent the lines from slipping and to ensure that they
sit in the correct position.
Brake line adjustment
Factory setting
The brake lines of the Bolero 6 are set to the length that was used for the EN certi�cation test
�ights. These line lengths have been �nely tuned by the GIN test pilots, and it should not be
necessary to adjust them.
The brake line length is tuned so that there is slack in the brake lines when the glider is in
fully accelerated �ight. Therefore, the brakes are quite slack at trim speed, and to take up that
slack in soaring �ight, it is common to �y with half a wrap on the brakes and hold the handles
on the knot. However, care should be taken to release the wraps in any extreme situation.
If you do need to make adjustments to suit your harness, body and �ying style, we strongly
recommend that you test �y the glider after every 2 cm of adjustment. There should be a
minimum of 10 cm of free brake travel when the glider is �own hands-oퟍ�. This prevents the
brakes being applied unintentionally when the speed system is fully engaged. We
recommend a double sheepshank or a bowline knot for the brake handle attachment as
shown in the diagram.
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