Java
150
Owner`s Manual
7. Put the curved battens in their pockets working from the centre chord towards the
tip. Keep the trailing edge low and slowly ease the battens into their respective
pockets. Do not put in the last three or four battens each side.
8. The glider can now be tensioned. Remove the split ring from the special bolt
located through the rear of the keel tube. Using the attached elastic cord, pull back the
cross tube restraint webbing, locate the stainless tang over the stub of the bolt and
replace the split ring.
DO THIS OPERATION IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT
LEAVE IT UNTIL LATER.
This operation is much easier if you get a friend to lift a wing while tensioning.
DO
NOT JUST FORCE IT
. (If the tension feels too tight stop and see what is causing
the problem. Consult the trouble shooting section of this manual for possible causes.)
9. Take off the tip socks and put in the last battens near the tip. Push all the battens
fully home. (With a new sail the battens may not go fully home unless pushed.) The
batten elastics should be put on double on each batten. The tip battens in locate on a
plastic cleat on the leading edge. (These battens, sometimes called compression
struts, are bent and should be profiled correctly and put in the right way up. Like all
the other battens the curve should be up. The top surface of the wing should be
convex
NOT
concave.)
10. The under surface battens are more easily inserted once the glider has been
tensioned. They should be pushed home so that only the rope projects from the
batten pocket. Put the most outboard U/S batten in first. The under surface battens
can be pushed home with another under surface batten.
11. Put the nose batten in and locate it on its seat just in front of the nose plate. This
operation is easier if the VB. is pulled on first. When the batten is in release the VB.
(Some pilots only remove the nose batten occasionally to check its profile.)
12. Double check that the nose catch is correctly attached and put the nose cone on.
13. The glider is now fully rigged and you should now make sure that you do a
thorough pre-flight check before you fly.
As the glider is standing on its A frame it is prone to being ground looped by gusts of
wind, thermals or, in hotter countries, dust devils. It is safest with its tail into wind
but we strongly recommend that you keep a close eye on it.
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