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Falcon Drive Away
(air) instructions
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Falcon Drive Away
(air) instructions
Drive away awnings:
Adjusting your tunnel
Once you have connected the tunnel to your vehicle you will have to adjust the tunnel. This will depend upon how the tunnel is
connected, the ground that the awning is being pitched on and the height of your vehicle. The amount you have to adjust your tunnel
will again depend upon the height of your vehicle and the version of the drive away awning you have. The closer you are to the lowest
setting on the tunnel, the more adjustment you will have to make. The closer you are to the maximum height of the tunnel the less
adjustment you will have to make.
• Attach the top of the tunnel to the vehicle using the instructions on the pitching page(s).
• Next un-clip the webbing strap located on the outside of the tunnel, that goes from the top corner of the tunnel down to 180 cm from the ground.
• Then move the awning away from the vehicle until the roof of the tunnel becomes tight. This is the point where you start to pitch the rest of the
awning (instructions shown later).
• Once the awning is pitched you adjust the tunnel.
• Finally you adjust the tunnel as best you can. The tunnel is adjustable, but as the material can only be cut once it only truly fits at one height (which is
set to the maximum), all other heights are a compromise and will require adjusting the tunnel. You can make the adjustment anyway you wish, but we
recommend using the method below.
• Extend the webbing strap you un-clipped earlier to its full length.
• Then clip the webbing strap to the top of the awning and then adjust the webbing strap. Once this is done the material at the top of the tunnel should
become ‘ruffled’ so it resides in the area above the side door. If your van is near the lowest setting (180 cm) then you may find that it does not all go
above the top of the door. It should look like the photo to the right.
TIP : If you are towards the very lowest end of the tunnel connection height you can peg the tunnel out at an angle. This will take some of the extra material up and help get a
better connection. We recommend trying the above first and then if you find you have to, then move the rear pegging point out to angle the tunnel.
Drive Away Awnings
Using and pitching the connection tunnel
