Date: 30.06.2004
Manual
Revision: 0
DEMON US
Page: 27
Performance Variable e.K. Am Tower 16, D-54634 Bitburg
12)
Leave the nose hanging neatly flaked. This
leaves it exposed to the air stream and will help the
canopy inflate faster.
Just push the nose gently into the middle, back to
the B-line group.
13)
Clear the stabilizers. Since all lines are
bunched up in the middle, pull each stabilizer panel
out one by one into a loop until they form an irregu-
lar shape resembling the petals of a flower when
viewed from the top. Be sure none of the lines are
wrapped around a slider stop on a stabilizer.
14)
Find the group of A lines on one side of the
canopy. With the canopy held in front of you as you
have it now, the A lines are the front part of the line
group that go through the front slider grommets,
the ones that should be closest to you.
15)
Since there is a lot of fabric between the A
and B line attachment points, it is easy to separate
the two line groups: Look down inside the first
small S-fold of the stabilizer, find the "extra" bunch
of fabric, and pull it out. Now make the rest of the
canopy into S-folds like the stabilizers: Put your
hand in between the A and B lines on one side
(near where they pass their own grommet) and pull
them out to the side. This will give the cells on one
side the correct type of flaking. Now repeat the
process with the other A and B groups, pulling the
fold out to the other side.
16)
Now that you've pulled out the canopy between
the A and B line groups, do the same thing be-
tween the B and C lines. Pull the fold of fabric be-
tween the two groups out to each side. When you
look down in between the stabilizer folds after
you've done your "flaking" the folds should look
neat like this.
