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AIR CREATION
Aérodrome de Lanas - 07200 AUBENAS - France
Tél.: 33 (0) 4 75 93 66 66 - Fax: 33 (0) 4 75 35 04 03 - Internet: www.aircreation.fr
b)
Rigging the wing when folded in 4 m:
This procedure must be followed if the wing is delivered folded in a crate. The rear of the leading
edges have been dismounted in order to reduce the size in transport.
The correct assembly of the wing is critical for safety and performance. If you have any doubts as to
the correct procedure for assembly after shipping, please contact the Air Creation factory.
1. Remove wing from box. Take care that no staple damages the bag or the sail during this operation.
2. Unzip bag
3. Remove all wing straps. Remove padding from control bar and rear leading edges.
4. Unfold the ends of the sail
5. Assemble the control bar on the revolving base fixed to the left A-frame strut
with the
screw CHC 6-40-12
,
washers, Nylstop nut, Loctite 243 Threadlocker glue and with the push pin on the right side. Close the leather
protections.
6. Rotate the wing so that it is lying flat on the ground
7. Spread both leading edges approximately ½ meter (1.5 feet).
8. Insert rear leading edges in the tip openings of the sail with the plastic lugs at the rear of the tubes positioned
horizontally and to the inside. Note the indications “Right” & “Left” on the tubes.
9. Finish sliding the rear leading edges in the front part. Turn slightly and push in order to line up the slot in the
tube and the horizontal bolt connecting the crossbar on the front part of the leading edge. Make sure that the
plastic lugs at the rear of the tubes and the openings for the tip struts at the rear of the tubes are face-to-face.
Push in order to complete the insertion. It should be impossible to rotate the leading edge, if correctly
assembled.
10. Attach the sail to the tip sleeves with 4
screws FHC 6-75-13.
Note the indications “Right” & “Left” on the
tubes. Make sure that the aluminum guide that allows the setting of the sail’s tension is facing the slot in the
sleeves, at the end of the leading edge. To make things easier, use a screwdriver to line up the sail with the
foremost drilling and slide the screw in the back. Remove the screwdriver to insert the screw in the front.
Apply the Threadlock glue to the nuts and tighten the Nylstop bolts.
11. Gradually open the leading edges to the maximum, while checking that the lateral cables tighten correctly at
the ends without loops nor blocking the neoprene openings in the sail. Proceed in small steps, returning to the
nose of the wing to pull the sail forward and insure that the central battens remain in the right position on the
screws of the leading edges. Return them to their place as necessary.
12. Unfold the wing as described in the pilot operating hand book. Do not assemble the last straight battens at the
ends of the wing.
13. Each wing tip should now be tightened by means of the tensioning
screw HM 6-45
placed at the end of each
sleeve of the leading edge. The final position should line up the fabric of the end of the leading edge of the sail
with the line drawn on the tube. Standard tuning is 20 turns but factory tuning may have been done differently after
test flights. Turns are counted from the stop in front of the port, as soon as the tightening of the screw begins to
have an effect. Each turn represents 1mm of tension in the sail. After tuning, reassemble the
plastic caps
at the
ends of the tubes.
14. Check that the rear parts of the leading edges and their wing tip sleeves are assembled on the right side of the
wing as indicated by their marking Right/Left.
15. Check that the sleeves are pivoted right as indicated by the mark on the scale sticker and blocked by their self-
tapping screw. Absent a specific indication, the standard tuning is at the level of the 0 on the scale.
16. Complete assembly of the wing as indicated in the Pilot’s Handbook.
A thorough and complete preflight check
, as detailed in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook, is
especially necessary after reassembly. Pay special attention to potential damage in transport.
Thoroughly check all nuts and bolts, wire routing, sail fit, Mylar shape and overall symmetry of
the wing before flight.
