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Section 5
Flying the TWIN RS
05 Flying the TWIN RS
First flight
Carry out your first flights only during stable
weather, and in a familiar area or on a
training slope. You should steer gently and
carefully to begin with so that you can
become accustomed to the reactions of the
glider without being under any stress.
Laying out the paraglider and
pre-flight check
Before launching, always check the
following:
Are there any tears in the glider or other
damage?
Are there any knots or tangles in the
lines?
Are the brake lines clear and attached
firmly to the handle?
Are the brake lines adjusted to the
correct length?
Are the quick links to the lines and risers
closed and secured?
Is the canopy dry?
Are the risers and seams in good
condition?
Is the harness in good condition?
Is the handle for the reserve chute
secure?
Place the paraglider with its upper surface
against the ground and spread it out so that
the leading edge is slightly curved.
Carefully sort out all the rigging lines and
make sure that there are no lines underneath
the canopy, tangled or caught up in any way.
WARNING
If there are obvious folds in the glider
because it has been tightly packed or
stored away for a long time, then the pilot
should carry out some practice inflations
before first launch and smooth out the
trailing edge a little. This ensures that the
flow profile is correct during launch. It is
particularly important in low temperatures
that the trailing edge is smoothed out.
WARNING
Do not overestimate your own abilities. Do
not allow the
glider’s classification or the
behaviour of other pilots to make you
careless.
WARNING
A careful pre-flight check is required for
any type of aircraft. Make sure that you
exercise the same level of care each time
you carry out the check.
