Wills Wing RamAir 146, Руководство по эксплуатации для владельца

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RAMAIR Set-Up Procedure
The RamAir has been specially designed to set up quickly and easily either on the control
bar or flat on the ground. We will first cover the steps for setting up on the control bar.
1) Lay the glider on the ground, with the bag zipper up, with the nose into the wind.
2) Undo the zipper, remove the battens, remove the protective pad at the rear wire station
on the keel, and remove the
control bar bag.
3) Unfold the control bar legs
and straighten the fold in the
folding basetube.
Preflight the folding basetube center
hardware at this time, checking that
the nuts and coil spring pins are
secure, and that the tangs are
straight and in good condition.
Slide the basetube center sleeve
over the center joint until it is posi-
tioned between the button spring
pins. (Note: If you plan to clamp
instruments to the basetube center,
position the center sleeve so that
one button passes through the hole
near one end of the sleeve, which
will secure the sleeve against rota-
tion.
4) Grasp the swan lever, attached to the forward end of the swan catch wire, and pull it
towards the nose while holding the basetube and keeping the control bar aligned as nearly