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Summary of Contents for BEAMER 3

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Page 2: ...sional to pack or repair your reserve please contact your dealer or High Adventure INHALT Safety information 3 Technical Data 3 intended purpose 4 operating limits 4 documents you should have 4 How to use the reserve 4 care and maintenance 4 storing 5 Packing and checking intervals 5 if damage is found 5 Repairs 5 packing and installing instructions 6 Installing in a harness reserve compartment 23...

Page 3: ... Rogallos like conventional reserve parachutes can lead to mirror flying or down planing when com bined with the paraglider This mainly happens with very stable and collapse resistant school gliders or in very steady throwing conditions such as training openings over water The EN LTF practical tests are always carried out in separated configuration without the troublesome paraglider When developin...

Page 4: ...he canopy does not open too soon and this minimises the risk of the reserve becoming tangled up with the para glider the pilot or anything else nearby e g another flying machine if there has been a collision etc For a fast reserve opening the inner container needs enough speed after the pilot has thrown it In general one can say the faster the throwing speed the faster will the reserve pay out and...

Page 5: ...space Reserves that are not to be used for a long time should be stored unpacked PACKING AND CHECKING INTERVALS The reserve must be aired every 6 months and repacked in accordance with the packing instructions This will ensure a reliable and fast opening every time If the reserve gets wet damp or has been exposed to extreme heat it must be aired straight away and repacked If the reserve is thrown ...

Page 6: ... the harness The Beamer 3 can be stowed in a front container or a harness reserve compartment The reserve risers marked L R will be fixed on the relevant left and right in the direction of flight hand sides of the harness on the main carabiners front container or shoulder harness loops Pic 1 Attachment on main carabiners Pic 2 Shoulder harness attachment Note The L R markings on the reserve risers...

Page 7: ...7 Pic 3 Art Nr 000345 extensions for Beamer 3 Dyneema risers Art Nr 000140 O Ring 22mm Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 O Ring 2 turns Pic 10 Pic 11 ...

Page 8: ...eamer 3 flies with very little forward speed at first When the pilot takes the brake handles this braked position is released and the Beamer takes up its proper gliding flight The braked opening setting must be set before packing When the brake handles are fixed in their correct posi tions the brake lines are shortened on the Beamer 3 Beamer 3 light by approx 42 cm and around 25 cm on the Beamers ...

Page 9: ...ioned from both ends Weights are a great help in keeping the job neat There are no loops at the tops of the folded panels Seams and lines must be pulled straight by hand The folded panels do not naturally lie completely flat careful wafting while tensioning seam at the top by hand will produce the best result with extra material spread out inside the panels The panels get smaller as the nose top i...

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Page 13: ...c 49 Folding the wing halves Lay a wing half on top of its opposite side and put its lines on the other side of the line separator making sure that the middle lines are not disturbed hold with weight Pic 50 Pic 51 Pic 52 ...

Page 14: ...line to the first line Pic 55 Put this line in the line separator weight Pic 56 Stretch out panel 1 Pic 57 Seam on the centreline Pic 58 reduce the width of panel 1 with Pic 59 60 with an S 2 folds for Beamer 3 small only halved Pic 61 Line 1 on the centreline ...

Page 15: ...e separator Pic 64 Put the line attachment point on the middle lines and hold it there Pic 65 Pic 66 Fold panel 2 in an S Pic 67 Bottom edge of the third panel Pic 68 Line for panel 3 in the line separator Pic 69 Stretch panel 3 to the side halve it with one fold Pic 70 Bottom edge of panel 4 ...

Page 16: ...Lay panel 4 to the outside and halve it one fold Pic 73 Bottom edge of panel 5 Pic 74 Line in the separator Pic 75 77 Fold the remaining panels up to the nose as described for panels 3 4 5 Pic 78 79 Slide excess material back into the folded panels ...

Page 17: ...e other side on top of the first wing Pic 83 Fold this wing exactly as the first side Pic 84 as far as the Beamer nose Pic 85 Check that the lines have a free run and straight Pic 86 to the base Pic 87 All the lines must lie along the centre of the wing Pic 88 89 Locating the lines ...

Page 18: ...18 Pic 90 91 Holding the lines weight Pic 92 Weighting down one wing half Pic 93 Halving the other wing half Pic 94 Pic 95 Pic 96 Pic 97 The same for the other side Pic 98 Pic 99 ...

Page 19: ...19 Pic 100 Pic 101 Pic 102 Lay one half on the other Pic 103 Pic 104 Pic 105 Pic 106 Pic 107 Neat corners Pic 108 ...

Page 20: ... Pic 109 Pic 110 Pic 111 Avoiding line overlooping The following pictures show effective ways of avoiding overloops overthrows Pic 112 115 Secure the whole bundle in the bottom panel with an elastic band ...

Page 21: ...21 Putting the canopy and the lines in the inner container Pic 116 Fold to length of container Pic 117 Pic 118 Pic 119 Pic 120 Pic 121 Pic 122 Pic 123 Take the harness off Pic 124 ...

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Page 23: ...strong This can be tested by picking the reserve up by its risers The lines must free themselves from the bungee loop under the weight of the reserve alone INSTALLING IN A HARNESS RESERVE COMPARTMENT Follow the instructions in your harness owner s manual Pic 138 140 Caution Velcro damages lines Wrap the relevant lines in a piece of rubbish bag or glider fabric This protection must not prevent or d...

Page 24: ...force required to release the reserve does not exceed 7 kg Confirmation that this test has been carried out must be entered by the tester in the repacking and check record PREFLIGHT CHECK In addition to the normal preflight check see paraglider harness instruction manual correct closure of the reserve compartment front container as well as proper stowage of the reserve handle should be checked bef...

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