Instruction and Maintenance Handbook
FUN 14
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APRIL 2002
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MAINTENANCE
Rigging the wing when folded in 4,5 m :
The following procedure should be followed for assembling the wing.
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Remove the ends of the sail.
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Slide the rear leading edge through the opening of the wing tips and fit them in the front part of the leading
edge.
WARNING : The 2 trailing edges are different. You will find a mark on the tube which will tell you if
it is the right part (D) or the left one (G).
Make sure you do not reverse them, it may have bad results because it would modify the tip struts angle
entailing positive twist of the wing tips and an important pitch instability.
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Then, install the trailing edges by turning them which will line up the tube cut and the connecting plates
capscrews with the cross bars on the front part of the leading edge.
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Make sure that the tip stuts stand inner side and face to face. A reverse order would prevent the setting of
the tip struts.
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Slide the wing tips sleeve, onto the sail is fixed, in the trailing edges.
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Fix the sail on the leading edges with the 4 bolts FHC and nylstop nuts. For this, while holding the
extremity of the leading edge, pull the sail forward on one of the 2 leading edges with a string which goes
through the grommet which is at the extremity of the sail. Install the bolt corresponding to the internal
grommet and the most intern drilling of the wing tip sleeve. This process needs two persons. Make sure that
the aluminium guide retainer, which adjust the tensioning, is lined up with the cut of the end leading edge
sleeve. Install the other bolt after having removed the string. Moderatly tight the nylstop nut. Follow this
procedure for the other leading edge. If you find it too difficult, first, remove the 2 self tapping screws which
fix the sail on the leading edge to the nose wing. This way, the sail will move back easily. Replace those 2
screws once the wing is completly opened and tensionned by pulling the sail forward or by turning it so that
the grommets are lined up with the drilling. Watch out the position of the fabric around the nose plates and
the nose batten in front of the keel when you will open the sail.
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Rotate the wing tip sleeves, and line up the capscrews of the wing onto the tip struts axis. If an adjustment
has been carried out before, line up with marks drawn on the tubes.
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Install the control bar on the revolving base fixed to the left trapeze strut with the CHC bolt of 6 mm,
washers and nystop nut. Close up the leather protection.
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Assemble the wing according to the normal procedure
Transportation :
Bumpy and long drives might damage the wing unless not properly loaded onto the vehicle. Transporting the wing
and the trike by road requires that the wing, in particular, is properly braced, cannot shake about and is generally
very carefully loaded and tied down, so that no hard points can damage tubes and sail.
Carry the wing carefully on a ladder covered with foam rubber to avoid precarious overhanging.
Storage :
Keep it in a dry place.
Clean it with fresh water after it has been exposed to sea air. Any grass stain should be washed out with water and
household soap.
Open the cover to allow the sail and the structure to dry after transport or use in the rain.
