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USER MANUAL
GRAVITY Xduo
EN REV.V01 - 2020
Flight After the start, the passenger is asked to look up to see the open carrying wing. This
creates confidence in the aircraft (and calms the nerves). It is also important to ask the
passenger whether he sits comfortably in the harness and not just on the front edge of the
seat board. If the knees of the passenger are clearly hanging down, he has not yet the right
seating position, but if the knees point up, the pilot can see that his passenger already slipped
into the harness as it’s supposed to be. If necessary, the pilot helps the passenger, after
sufficient ground clearance, to slip properly into the harness. Only then does he adjust his
harness himself, so that not too much unrest arises. Always keep in mind that a tandem
paraglider has a larger turning radius and reacts slower than your solo paraglider. But also
with the tandem paraglider the handling can be decisively improved by shifting your weight.
Overfilled thermal hoses are taboo for the tandem! The sitting position behind each other
cause that you cannot look the passenger in the eye. Therefore, it is important to exchange
words of encouragement and excitement during the flight, in order to counteract any
emerging fear of heights or even just a feeling of discomfort, or to recognize this in the
beginning.
A good advice in such a case is to look at the horizon and not look down. In general, the more
relaxed the pilot is towards the passenger, and the calmer he radiates, the more confidence
the passenger will gain and enjoy the flight all the more Landing The preparation of the
passenger on the landing should be done only in flight. Due too much information before the
start, the passenger is just unnecessarily overwhelmed. Especially on longer flights, it is
recommended to stimulate the blood circulation of the legs of the pilot and passenger by
movement before landing. At sufficient altitude and before you reach the position, check the
wind direction at the landing side, altitude and air traffic. Especially for double-seat-ed flights,
this is of crucial importance because of the generally slightly higher approach speed and
reduced mobility. A backwind landing for two carries a high risk of injury! The landing area
should be dimensioned large-scale. Corrections near the ground are to be avoided because
of the pendulum tendency. The landing should be done side by side in every case, since
experience has shown that many passengers - despite the request to do so - don’t run but sit
down instead.
It would be possible that the pilot bounces his chin on the helmet of the passenger and
thereby bangs his teeth or at least very much bites his tongue, or even falls over the passenger
and injured him. Also make sure that the passenger does not rest his hands on the ground
when landing because of the risk of injury. It has proved useful, to push the passenger to the
side with one leg and ask him to slide out of the harness and into body verticality on command
before landing in the stabilised approach. Then take a step to make it easier to run out! The
position of the passenger has to be checked by the pilot! Perform the final approach in the
medium to high speed range to have sufficient residual buoyancy for a fall-free landing even
in calm conditions. The steering lines should be pulled through at a uniform speed. It is
optimal, if pilot and passenger touch down with minimal travel. After the Flight After the
flight, the passenger should be given the opportunity to describe his/ her experiences and
feelings or to ask questions, because right then, there is often the need to share the
experience and what was encountered.
