Niviuk ARTIK P, Руководство пользователя

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1. CHARACTERISTICS
1.1 WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?
The ARTIK P was designed for cross country, mountain or Hike&Fly pilots
who want to explore new routes and need lightweight compact gear.
The ARTIK P is an EN C glider. Please, do not use it if you do not have
enough experience to fly this wing category.
Description of EN C gliders main characteristics:
Moderate passive safety gliders with dynamic reactions in turbulence and
mishandling. Glider recovery can require pilot intervention.
Description of the skills and experience required for EN C gliders:
To be flown only by pilots familiar with recovery techniques, active piloting,
flying in turbulent conditions and able to handle this kind of demanding
aircraft.
Only the aeronautical authorities of the respective countries can determine
the pilot competence.
1.2 CERTIFICATION
The ARTIK P has successfully passed the European EN/LTF certification.
This test was carried out in the Swiss Air-Turquoise laboratories in
Switzerland. All the commercially available sizes passed every required
test with excellent results and the ARTIK P received the EN C / LTF C
certifications for all sizes.
The ARTIK P passed the essential load test of 8G’s without experiencing
any problems.
We recommend paying special attention to the flight test report made by
the certification laboratory. The flight test report indicates all necessary
information to know and how the new paraglider will react during each
tested manoeuvre.
It is important to take understand that each size can have a different
reaction with the same manoeuvre, and each wing size can behave
differently depending on its all up weight.
Check the certification results and figures on the last pages of this
manual or at
www.niviuk.com
1.3 IN-FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR
With progressive, predictable and efficient handling the ARTIK P
effectively reads the air mass rather easily, seeking out and coring
thermals with efficiency and ease. It is an agile, light, predictable glider in
all flying conditions, and behaving impeccably well in turbulence.
Niviuk developed the ARTIK P by adopting very defined guidelines: the
objective was to seek utmost performance while minimizing gear weight
and volume for easy transportation, harmonize sensations, facilitate
piloting, and above all, maintain a very high wing safety level.
The glider profile was optimized to transmit maximum information in
a very understandable and convenient way, helping the pilot focus on
synchronizing feelings and technique.
The ARTIK P’s profile is solid. No unwanted surprises with sudden up
or down motions even when pushing the speed-bar full-out during
acceleration. The glide remains high and stable. The turn is accurate,
less physical and easy to activate without much needed amplitude.
Each inflation is easily made, wind or not, and the glider has a great
ability to takeoff from tight mountainous rough terrains. The landing is
smooth and precise.