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LIST OF CONTENTS
I.
YOUR NIKITA 2....................................................................................................... 6
C
HARACTERISTICS OF
NIKITA
2................................................................................. 6
T
ECHNICAL
D
ATA
....................................................................................................... 6
C
ANOPY
.................................................................................................................... 7
L
INES
........................................................................................................................ 7
R
ISERS
..................................................................................................................... 7
H
ARNESS
.................................................................................................................. 7
II
FLYING TIPS ........................................................................................................... 7
F
LYING WITH THE
NIKITA
2 ....................................................................................... 7
F
LYING WITH WEIGHT SHIFT AND BRAKE
....................................................................... 8
A
CCELERATE
(
USING
S
PEED
S
YSTEM
)......................................................................... 8
T
HERMALING
............................................................................................................. 8
A
CRO IN THERMALS
.................................................................................................... 8
L
ANDING
................................................................................................................... 9
T
OWING
.................................................................................................................... 9
III
DESCENT TECHNIQUES........................................................................................ 9
B
IG
&
S
MALL
E
ARS
.................................................................................................... 9
B-L
INE
-S
TALL
............................................................................................................ 9
S
PIRAL
D
IVE
............................................................................................................ 10
IV
FLIGHT INCIDENTS .............................................................................................. 10
K
NOTS
.................................................................................................................... 10
D
EEP
/
P
ARACHUTE
S
TALL
....................................................................................... 10
R
AIN
-
INDUCED
D
EEP
/
P
ARACHUTE
S
TALL
................................................................. 11
A
SYMMETRIC
C
OLLAPSE
.......................................................................................... 11
S
YMMETRIC
C
OLLAPSE
............................................................................................ 12
C
RAVAT
.................................................................................................................. 12
E
MERGENCY
S
TEERING
............................................................................................ 12
F
ULL
S
TALL
............................................................................................................. 12
V.
SERVICE, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE........................................................... 13
C
ARE
I
NSTRUCTIONS
................................................................................................ 13
H
OW TO PACK YOUR GLIDER
..................................................................................... 13
T
RIMMING
................................................................................................................ 14
A
DHESIVE LOGOS
..................................................................................................... 14
O
VERLOADING
......................................................................................................... 15
S
ALT WATER
............................................................................................................ 15
R
EPAIRS
.................................................................................................................. 15
I
NSPECTION
,
P
REREQUISITES AND
P
ERSONAL QUALIFICATION
.................................... 15
I
NSPECTION
I
NSTRUCTIONS
...................................................................................... 16
I
NSPECTION
R
EFERENCE
.......................................................................................... 17
VI.
TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE ............................................................................. 17
W
HAT IS COVERED BY THE GUARANTEE
? ................................................................... 17
H
OW LONG IS THE GUARANTEE
? ............................................................................... 17
W
HAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE GUARANTEE
? ..................................................... 17
W
HAT IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS GUARANTEE
? ............................................................ 18
H
OW CAN
I
CLAIM GUARANTEE
? ................................................................................ 18
VII.
ENVIROMENTAL ASPECTS ................................................................................. 18
VIII.
ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR TORWARDS NATURE .......................................... 18
IX.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST ......................................................................................... 19
A
PPENDIX
:
G
UARANTEE CARD
,
L
INEPLAN
........................................................................... 20
