ITV Awak 3, User Manual

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Check or have checked by your retailer, using an anemometer, the
speed of your wing flying hands high. A result of 1,9 mph less than the lower
end of the announced performance bracket requires a thorough inspection.
If necessary, wash your wing with cold water and soap. Do not stock your
wing in humid or dirty conditions. In case of long storage, do
not fold the wind too tight. To keep as long as possible the ease of inflation
qualities, avoid folding flexible nylon rod(s) reinforcements at the ribs nose.
Every paraglider is prone to aging and must therefore be inspected regularly
(about every 100 hours of flying time and at least once a year). Before resel-
ling, a control will discharge your responsibility towards your buyer.
We recommend that you have these checks in our workshop : we are
in the best position, from all point of view, to guarantee the airwor-
thiness and maintenance of materials of our design.
We urge you to be extremely alert to all defects, damage or rupture discove-
red to the suspension lines or the sail and to repair the damage as soon as
possible. In every pre-flight check pay attention to the tightening of the rapid
links, especially which link the lines to the risers and the risers to the harness.
If you return the wing to our work shop, please send the complete wing (risers
and original bag, without harness) accompanied by the present manual. So
we can fill in the interventions carried out by us.
Please attach also a note giving your name and adress, the reason for retur-
ning the wing and the areas to be repaired (by marking the area with coloured
tape). As a matter of fact, an important part of the repair time is wasted by
having to search for the damage. Please return the wing folded correctly.
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