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2.2.9- Speed-bar adjustment
X-ALPS includes a three-step speed-bar, made with slim fabric webbing to decrease harness weight. The length of the speed-bar system
should be adjusted only after the optimum harness adjustments have been completed. To set the speed-bar correctly, the pilot should sit in
the harness in a simulator, hook in to the paraglider risers, and, with a helper supporting the risers, adjust the length of the speed-bar straps.
When released, the footrest should be no more than 10 cm below the frontal part of the harness. Shortening the cord excessively could cause
the speed-system to be constantly under tension and therefore unintentionally operational during the flight. It is safer to begin by launching
with the speed-bar a little too long, shortening it progressively on the next flights. It is important to perform each adjustment symmetrically,
in other words equal on both sides.
If you wish to change the footrest, we can inform you that this harness can be used with all normal types of speed-bar. The footrest cords
should be threaded first through the loops fixed to the elastic cord at mid-seat, on through the pulleys near the back corners of the seat, and
then up to the fastening points on the paraglider risers, passing through the small grommets in the leg cover. In addition, the two elastic cords
that Woody Valley supplies with all its speed-bar/footrests have to be fitted. These elastic cords should be fastened, with simple knots, to the
two loops on the underside of the footrest. This ensures that the speed-system is always properly extended and ready for use.
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