Foreword - ICARO paragliders Sitta Manual

Congratulations on buying your
and welcome to the family of ICARO - pilots!
Before you get to know your glider please read the
manual, there are any important items.
In accordance with standard EN 926-2:2013, Paragliding equipment –
Paragliders – Part 2: "Requirements and test methods for classifying flight
safety characteristics" size 20 and 22 are pattern tested in D
load tested.
According this standard SITTA is characterized as a "paraglider with very
demanding flying characteristics and potentially very violent reactions to
turbulence and pilot errors. There is a minimum scope for pilot errors. The glider is
performed for expert pilots.
The return to normal flight requires precise input of the pilot. The glider is for pilots
who have a lot of practice in discharging abnormal flight conditions and flying in
turbulent conditions, who are very active flying and accept the significant
experiences and possible implications of flying such a glider".
The flight manoeuvres during the certification process should not be
overrated. Certification results provide only little information when you
flying in thermic active and turbulent air because the glider classifications
serve to inform solely with regard to the performance of a paraglider during
extreme flight manoeuvers in stable air conditions.
The small size of the SITTA and thereby the high wing loading make certain
demands for the pilot. The glider is very predictable in its reactions but sometimes
it requires fast and sensitive brake inputs. The wing loading has a certain influence
on the pilot's requirements: If you fly the wing with less wing load it will be less
demanding than if you fly it on top of the weight range. Therefore the pilot should
already have certain "reflexes" from flying other wings.
The SITTA is not a glider for aerobatics because there are different materials and
characteristics to an aerobatic- glider. The glider is made of very light materials
(upper sail Skytex 32 and Skytex 27 for the lower sail). Therefore we recommend
no winching operations.
required. Frequent usage may occur in equipment damage.
It is strictly prohibited to fly the SITTA
• under the influence of drugs or alcohol,
• in insufficient experience or training of pilots,
• without guilty license,
• beyond the minimum and maximum recommended Take Off- Weight,
• with damaged glider, lines, soft-shackles, risers or harness
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Standard: EN 926-1:2006, 926-2:2014;
Used harness: In accordance with EN 1651:1999 and EN 12491:2001
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SITTA
B-stall and spiral dive should only be flown when it is
LTF/NfL II 91/09
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, size 18 is only
und NfL II 2-60-14