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Rucksack
The bag is light in weight, comfortable and useful (padded hip belt,
ergonomic and adjustable shoulder straps). It has a large volume that
will allow you to store all your kit, whilst still being comfortable for
hiking.
Brake Lines
The brake line lengths have been set carefully during testing. If you do
choose to adjust them, please bear in mind the following:
Ensure both main brake lines are of equal length.
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When the brake handles are released in flight, the brake lines
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should be slack. There must be a substantial “bow” in them to
guarantee no deformation of the trailing edge.
Make sure the brake handles are correctly secured to the
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bungies
You can remove the brake line from the pulley if you wish.
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IMPORTANT: In the unlikely event of a brake line snapping
in flight, or a handle becoming detached, the glider can be
flown by gently pulling the rear risers (D-risers) for direc-
tional control.
Risers
The Trickster has been designed with 4 risers. The A riser is covered
with coloured webbing, this allows it to be easily identified.
The A’s are Grey. The B’s, C’s and D’s are BLACK.
Trimmers
The Trickster comes with trim risers. The white line is the ‘normal’
flying position, used for take off and landing and performing manoeu-
vres. Small adjustments from the white line position can be made to
suite pilot wing loading or flying style.
For best sink rate performance, i.e thermalling, the trimmers should
be set to the fully slow (pulled) position.
Ozone returns to the competitive acro scene with the all new Trick-
ster. Developed during a long collaboration between Felix Rodriguez
and the Ozone R&D Team, the Trickster is a completely new wing and
represents a new direction in acro wing design for our team.
It is designed for top level experienced acro pilots only, it is not suit-
able for inexperienced acro pilots.
A carefully moderated sail tension, higher volume and highly-tuned
wingtips, a more efficient profile, and a specially reinforced leading
edge all combine to make the Trickster very stable across the entire
range of modern acro manoeuvres. Whether you are just learning the
Infinite Tumble, or perfecting longer sequences for competition on the
Acro World Cup, the Trickster will allow you to execute your tricks
cleaner and with less effort than ever before.
The Ozone Team’s years of advanced paraglider design experience, Fe-
lix’s intensive testing in the field, and everything that we have learned
about performance profiles in recent years has been aptly applied to
this exciting new wing. Although the Trickster is designed especially
for the most serious acro manoeuvres, Felix’s final testing included a
flight to the summit of Mt Blanc (4810m), where he top landed and
then re-launched to fly out over Chamonix, and set a new foot launch
world record for Infinite Tumbles.
The Trickster is available in 17m, 18.5m, 20m sizes, and comes
standard with our new Acro Brake handles.
