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You should be relaxed, with a light grip on the bar, and your weight should be fully supported in your
harness and not at all by your arms. (If your harness does not allow you to hang in the proper semi-
upright landing position “hands off,” without supporting your weight on the control bar, you will have a lot
more difficulty making good landings.
11. FOX BREAKDOWN
Breakdown of the glider is the reverse of assembly.
1. Remove the nosecone. Remove any instruments.
2. Pull out the outboard sprogs, swing them towards the leading edge and fix with the Velcro.
3. Remove the tip lever battens and three shortest cambered battens.
4. Install the tip bag of the sail at this time.
5. Detach the bottom front wires at the nose plate.
6. Unhook the rear wire from the hook on the keel tube, de-tension the crossbar sweep wire and let the
wings fold in slightly.
7. Remove the remaining top surface battens except for the battens # 1.
8. Fold the wings all the way in to the keel pulling the sail over the top of the leading edges. At each
wingtip, remove the tip cover bag. Lay the kingpost down forward against the keel
.
Install the protective
pad and sock over the rear wire junction bolt and the rear end of the keel.
9. Lift the nose batten string up, then pull it sideways and down, so that the nose batten tip lowered from
the top of the keel tube.
10.Pull the sail out away from the keel until it is even on top and bottom. Roll the sail gently and carefully,
parallel to the trailing edge of the front and then outboard portion of the sail
.
NOTE
Try to roll the sail in such a way that the leading edge portion remains as smooth as possible. Do not
attempt to stuff the sail between the Mylar pocket and the leading edge tube at any point where you feel
resistance, and do not attach the Velcro ties so tight so as to induce creases in the Mylar or leading edge
sail material.
11. Install the wing tip cover bags.
12. Secure the sail with the Velcro sail ties.
13. Stow the battens in the batten bag and stow it in the front part of the glider.
14. Install the sail velcroes around the sail and stow the nosecone under the most forward Velcro.
15. Install the glider bag. Flip the glider over onto the ground. Detach the speed bar. Fit the speed bar in
the protection bag and stow it between the leading edges in the aft part of the glider.
16. Fold up the control frame and install the control frame bag, lay it down against the keel.
17. Zip up the glider bag.
