Niviuk Hook 4, User Manual

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1. CHARACTERISTICS
1.1 WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?
The HOOK 4 has been clearly designed for pilots that aim for the best:
more independence, more freedom, more adventure, more exclusivity
and more sportiness.
At Niviuk we have very clear that the most important element of the
glider is the pilot. That’s why our new HOOK 4 has a single objective:
the personal growth of the pilot. Its high performance and high level
of comfort in flight will let you chose between a flight with a sporty
character or an astonishing serene flight. You are in charge of setting the
pace. Let your emotions soar with the HOOK 4.
With a new and optimized internal structure less material is needed to
produce the HOOK 4, this gives it a reduced internal weight to gain more
serenity to its piloting. The glider allows a relaxed flight with less inertia
and its reactions are smoother.
The profile has been redesigned, with the RAM and TNT technologies the
glider’s performance and the internal pressure have been improved.
HOOK 4 will have a progressive and solid inflation to make easier the
take off.
1.2 CERTIFICATION
The HOOK 4 has successfully achieved the European EN B certification.
Description of flight characteristics on B class:
Paraglider with good passive safety and forgiving characteristics. Some
resistance to departures from normal flight.
Description on pilots skills required on B class:
Designed for all pilots including pilots under all levels of training.
The HOOK 4 passed the essential load test of 8G without experiencing
any problems.
On the flight test all the five sizes of the HOOK 4 received the best
certification EN B.
This test was carried out in the Swiss Air-Turquoise laboratories.
Check the certification results and figures on the last pages of this
manual or at
www.niviuk.com
1.3 IN-FLIGHT BEHAIVOR
In order to bring you the best glider in this class the NIVIUK Team have
carried out extensive and meticulous design work. As a consequence of
several prototypes and many hours of test flights numerous adjustments
were made. These prototypes were then tested in all types of flight
conditions.
HOOK 4 is the result, a new way of being one self. A technology
privileged compared to its predecessors, provided of a new profile with
performance and technologies tramsitted down from the competition
wings. Improvements and innovations that Olivier and our R&D team
manage to move from competitions all around the world to the new
HOOK 4, for you to enjoy it. But in spite of evolution, the HOOK 4 is a
Hook glider and it will provide you what is expected of it. HOOK 4 is a
glider for all pilots who wish to be equipped with latest performance and
technology; it is capable to offer the same usual safety, the same feeling
with closed eyes and the same coherence with the original NIVIUK ideas.
1.4 ASSEMBLY, MATERIALS
The HOOK 4 does not only introduce new design methods but also new
manufacture technologies: equipped with SLE, DRS, TNT and RAM
systems.
The use of the SLE (Structured Leading Edge) allows reinforcement of the