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S E C T I O N 1 1 : G L I D E R D I S A S S E M BL Y
PREPARATION:
In order to best perform this operation, you must first place your
glider "right side up" on two saw horses located 3 feet from both ends, with all ties
removed and with the leading edge spread approx. 1 ft apart. (You can actually
perform the same operation on a clean floor or lawn.)
Next, you need to flip the sail on the outside and the top of the airframe in a
manner to expose the under-surface facing upwards. If your glider is equipped with
X-tube to Leading Edge junction inspection zippers, open the zippers and move the
sail around to allow you to work on the X-tube to L.E. junction. You may want to
dismount the sail at the L.E. Tips and slip the sail slightly forward to provide better
working access to the X-Tubes junction.
STEP # 1:
- Remove the safety wire, the lock nut and slip both side cables tangs
from wing bolt.
STEP # 2:
- Disconnect all six trailing edge reflex lines ball terminals from the
cable loops and slip the lines off the grommets.
STEP# 3:
- Remove the screws securing the sail at the nose plate junction, slip the
sail back a bit and remove the top front cable tang off the top nose plate. Slip the
cable off its sail slot running along side the nose rib pocket. At this point, we would
recommend that you "coil" all the free top rigging into 6" rolls in order to keep the
procedure organized.
STEP # 4:
- Now you must detach the lower rear rigging tang from the keel tube.
The tang is fastened to the keel with the same bolt retaining the X-Tubes "pull-back
" cables catch. You will need a 7/16" wrench to perform this step.
STEP # 5:
- Lastly, you will need to completely de-assemble the shackle assembly
connecting the 2 "pull-back" cables and the top rear cable together and feed both X-
Tubes "pull-back" cables off the two little webbing loops located on each side of the
sail kingpost hole.
STEP # 6:
- You can now proceed to slip the sail off the rear of the airframe,
taking great care not to catch the sail on any parts of it. Be especially careful when
nearing the washout tubes, the X-Tubes center junction, the control bar apex and
the wing bolt area.
You may wish to pull out the mylar leading edge reinforcement at this time,
depending on the nature of the disassembly.
