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- Page 1 PArAglider scape Version: 1.0 Date: 14.11.2012 Manual (EN)
- Page 2 INFORMATION Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH reserves the right to alter or add to the contents of this Manual at any time. You should therefore regularly visit our website : www.swing.de where you will find additional information relating to your rescue chute and any changes to the Manual.
- Page 3 If you have any questions which are not answered in this manual, please do not hesitate to contact your Swing dealer or Swing directly: Tel: +49 81 41 32 77 888 or info@swing.de...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
..........................12 ECHNICAL ........................ 12 ONSTRUCTION OF RESERVE Canopy, suspension lines and bridles ..................12 Inner container ........................13 Outer container of ESCAPE ...................... 13 ........................ 13 PERATING LIFE OF RESERVE 05 LOOKING AFTER YOUR RESERVE ................... 13 ............................13 ACKING .......................... - Page 5 OLDING THE PANELS .......................... 19 UNDLING THE LINES ......................20 LOSING THE INNER CONTAINER ......................20 NTRY IN THE RESERVE LOGBOOK 07 SWING ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB ..................21 ..........................21 WING WEBSITE ........................21 WING NLINE & ......................21...
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Page 6: 01 Introduction
01 Introduction Special text Manual DANGER SWING requires you to familiarise yourself Sections of text headed “Danger” with your new rescue chute by reading this indicate a situation where there is Manual before first installation into your imminent danger, which in all harness. -
Page 7: Series Of Instructions
In this Manual, instructions which must be followed in a certain order are numbered Protection of the environment, safety and consecutively. quality are the three core values of Swing Where there is a series of pictures with < Flugsportgeräte GmbH and they have step-by-step instructions, each step has implications for everything we do. -
Page 8: 02 Safety
A reliable assessment of conditions for flying is particularly important. Your ESCAPE reserve leads the way in the Paragliders are not designed to be flown in development standard for reserve gliders. It turbulent weather. Most serious paraglider... -
Page 9: Safety Notices
Swing publishes on its website any technical the rescue chute, or if any inspections or safety notices and airworthiness instructions packings are skipped. - Page 10 • air temperature below -10°C or above 50 °C • the pilot has insufficient experience or training • the pilot has incorrect or inadequate equipment (glider, protection, helmet etc) • there have been modifications to the canopy, lines or risers which have not been approved •...
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Page 11: 03 Use
03 Use Purpose These reserve systems are manually deployed emergency parachutes for paraglider pilots who find themselves in an emergency situation during a flight. Any use other than this is not authorised. DANGER Reserve systems must not be used for sky-diving Operating the reserve system If there is an emergency situation, take hold... -
Page 12: 04 Technical Description
Their main pcs. Escape L is constructed from 20 panels characteristics are strength, ability to stretch divided in to 48 pcs and the Escape XL is and absorb part of the opening shock. constructed from 20 panels divided in to 68 Breaking strength of lines is: main - 150 daN pcs. -
Page 13: Inner Container
PLEASE NOTE chute is attached to a chest strap through outer container’s plastic buckle or Velcro SWING cannot be held liable for any straps and bridles are clipped into harness’s damage due to wrong storage condition main hanging points for glider. -
Page 14: Inspection
It is helpful to provide the type designation periods. of the rescue chute if you are contacting your Swing dealer with any queries or Periodical inspection ordering replacement parts or accessories, to ensure accurate identification. -
Page 15: 06 Packing Directions
If you are using a packing line, it should be design in a way, that makes it impossible to forget inside the rescue chute (Fix a ball, brakehandle or something similar to one end) The Panel number of the ESCAPE M is given in brackets. Laying out and untangling the reserve chute The reserve should ideally be packed on a special packing table. -
Page 16: Laying Out The Panels
Laying out the panels Folding of the right side starts with panel #10 (8) - Fig 3. Fig. 3 Beginning with panel 10 (8), now start to lay out the panels. To do this, take hold of panel 10 (8) and pull it towards you, and then put each panel, one by one, on top of each other, going from panel 10-1 (8-1). - Page 17 Fig. 5b …and second one on the top of rescue chute - (Fig. 6a and b). Folding the rescue chute into thirds to make Z shape - one third on top and other on bottom - improve speed and symmetry of opening. When doing this, make sure that the folded width of the reserve is not wider than the inner container.
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Page 18: Folding The Panels
DANGER The temporary packing line which was inserted through the packing loops must now be removed. Failing to do so will mean that the chute cannot be deployed. If a special ‘packing line’ is being used, this is now the time to put it out. (Fig 7 and 8) Fig. -
Page 19: Bundling The Lines
Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Bundling the lines The lines are put into figure 8’s bundles, and secured. The length of each bundle should be nearly the same as the width of inner container. The first two or three bundles with suitable rubber bands, the next three with the rubber band fixed at the inner container. -
Page 20: Closing The Inner Container
Closing the inner container Close the container with rubber loops and secure them with approx. 3-4 cm loops made from lines. Force needed to open container (slip the loops of lines out of rubber loops) should be in range of 300-900 g. The rest of lines, approx.55 cm, fold up into ‘figure8’... -
Page 21: Swing On The World Wide Web
Swing has a comprehensive website, which provides additional information and many other issues related to paragliding. Swing’s Speedgliding website is the first port of call for Swing’s www.facebook.com/SwingSpeedflyingTeam worldwide following: http://twitter.com/SSTSpitfire www.swing.de On Swing’s website, you will find an... -
Page 22: Appendix
Appendix EAPR European Academy of Parachute Rigging Addresses Marktstr. 11 87730 Bad Grönenbach Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH Germany An der Leiten 4 Tel.: +49 (0) 8334 - 534470 82290 Landsberied Fax: +49 (0) 8334 - 534469 Germany Email: info@para-academy.eu Tel.: +49 (0) 8141 3277 - 888 www.para-academy.eu... -
Page 23: Rescue Chute Details
Rescue chute details Model: Size: Manufacturing Date: Serial number: __/__ - 201__ Escape Es __/__/ - __/__/__/ - __/__/__/__/__/ Proof of ownership 1. Owner: Name: Address: Telephone: Email: 2. Owner: Name: Adress: Telephone: Email: 3. Owner: Name: Address: Telephone: Email:... -
Page 24: Inspection And Repairs Carried Out
Inspection and repairs carried out: Date: Work carried General Completed by Stamp and signature out: condition on (Name): delivery: Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH An der Leiten 4 82290 Landsberied Germany...
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