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Falcon Drive Away
(air) instructions
Drive Away Awnings
Using and pitching the connection tunnel
Drive away awnings:
Tunnel fitting
Your drive away awning has a connection tunnel sewn onto it. This connection tunnel is used to connect your awning to your vehicle. There are multiple different
methods available for fitting it to your vehicle. Each of these are listed below. You can use whichever method you prefer, or find easiest to attach to your vehicle.
‘Over the top’ :
• This is the oldest method of connecting the tunnel to your vehicle. You take one of the storm straps located at the end of the beading on the tunnel and throw this over your
vehicle. Then peg this guy line in the ground as normal.
• Repeat for the guy line at the opposite end of the tunnel.
• Then adjust the guy lines so the tunnel sits just on ridge of the roof of your vehicle.
TIP : If you have a high vehicle you may have to attach a second guy line (not supplied) to the existing one in order to be the correct length. It can also be simpler and easier if
you attach something like a tennis ball to the guy line as this makes it easier to throw over the roof of the vehicle.
Using the beading
• If your vehicle has a channel (like a Reimo rail or similar) on it, you can use the beading on the awnings tunnel.
• Your awning has has dual beading (both 4mm and 6mm) on it as standard. If your channel is 4mm then use the 4mm (the smaller) of the beading. If your channel is 6mm
then use the 6mm (the larger) of the beadings.
• NOTE
: Your awning also comes with a built in drive away kit, so even if you are planning to drive away and leave the awning pitched, you do not need to purchase an extra
drive away kit as you do with other awnings, it is already built in.
• Feed this into your channel and pull the tunnel until it is positioned where you want in the channel.
