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The Flight:
Preflight check and launch preparations:
With a tandem flight, not only do you have responsibility for yourself, but also for
your passenger. For this reason, your glider should be even more thoroughly
prepared and preflighted.
Similarly, the launch area should be very carefully and wisely selected.
The takeoff length needed is much longer than a single place glider, and it is not
possible to change course to avoid obstacles or uneven ground whilst running.
After the glider is unpacked and laid out in a horseshoe form, the following checks
should be made:
Before every launch, the lines, risers and the canopy must be checked for any
damage. Check the quick links and the carabiners.
Even with any slight damage the glider should not be flown.
The paraglider should be laid out in such a way that the A-lines in the centre
section of the canopy will tension before the ones at the wing tips. This ensures
an easy and balanced launch.
When laying out, the wind direction should be observed. The canopy should be
deployed into the wind so both halves of it are loaded symmetrically.
All lines and risers should be separated, untwisted, and untangled, from canopy
attachment to riser attachment. They should be arranged in a way that they do not
catch on obstacles during launch. Special attention should be paid to the A-lines,
which should run free and untangled from the A-risers (pink sleeve) to the canopy.
It is equally important to untangle the brake lines so that they are
clear and cannot can not catch on any thing during launch.
The brake lines should run freely through the pulleys to the trailing
edge of the canopy. Make sure the risers are not twisted. When not, the brakes
will be able to run freely through their pulleys.
It is important that no lines are looped around the canopy. A so called „line-over“
may have disastrous consequences during take off.
In order to give an inexperienced passenger, an idea of what awaits him during
launch and in the air, it’s obligatory to give him a trial sit in the harness. Also, a trial
launch run without glider, with pilot and passenger attached with the spreader bars
should be carried out.
The pilot should also discuss the possibility of an aborted launch.