8
Figure 6
Figure 7
7. Attach the bottom front wires to the hook on the bottom nose plate (fig. 8).
Figure 8
Figure 9
If the keel tube extension has not been installed in the keel tube there is a time to install it now. The
ADAM-13T wing has unique design keel tube extension. Make sure you install it properly and all the way
in to the front and rear plastic supports in the keel tube.
Now you will have the wing resting on the keel tube with the wingtip protection bags on (fig. 9).
8. The next step is installing the top surface battens. Remove the battens from the batten bag, and check
each batten for symmetry against the corresponding batten from the other wing. Align the battens at their
front tips, and at about the 60% of the chord point. There should not be any deviation of more than 3 mm
(1/8’’) from one batten to the other along the full length of the battens.
If you choose not to check your battens for symmetry before each flight, you should, at a minimum, check
them once a month.
Aeros convention is that the red marked battens go in the left wing and green marked battens in the right
wing. Battens are numbered from the center outwards, and the longest batten in ADAM-13T is designated
as the "No. 1" batten. Install the cambered battens in the sail, leaving out the shortest three on each side
for now.
9. Spread the wings all the way and check all cables for any twisted thimbles or tangled cables. Open the
double surface zipper and find auxiliary tensioning rope. At the rear inside of the keel pocket find the
sweep (cross tube tensioning) wires handle. Take the auxiliary tensioning rope in one hand and sweep
wires handle in the other hand. Pull the auxiliary tensioning rope and the sweep wires handle rearwards,
checking that the sweep wires are not twisted and not wrapped around the keel. Attach the shackle of the
sweep wires to the hook, placed on the keel tube (fig. 10). Stow the auxiliary tensioning rope inside the
double surface and close the undersurface zipper.
