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- Page 1 Manual _DE _EN...
- Page 2 This manual contains important information on using your para glider. We recommend reading it carefully in advance of your first flight with NOVA offers the wing. Please contact us or your NOVA partner with any queries or comprehensive suggestions. guarantees and services.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Normal flight Performance and NOVA has a highly qualified staff team, nearly all of whom share the safety, or rather the Accelerated flight same passion for flight as the pilots who choose to fly NOVA wings. -
Page 4: Quality
These are all important indi- On the other, there is a requirement to follow laws and ethical ground- cators for us too, but at NOVA we feel the term quality encompasses rules. Please show respect to your fellow pilots, but also consider the more. -
Page 5: The Mentor 6 Light
Why? It is very important The MENTOR 6 Light is an EN B wing with 59 cells and a flat aspect to us that you can enjoy your NOVA wing for a long time. Despite its ratio of 5,43. -
Page 6: Mentor 6 Light Technologies
Comfort on the ground A vector tape near the trailing edge has various advantages. All NOVA paragliders are made to be easy to use. For packing you Firstly, this tape reduces the crease in the upper surface that is can use a concertina bag, but it is not essential. Our extensive created when braking. -
Page 7: Mentor 6 Light Target Group
NOVA Furthermore we recommend regular flying, ground handling, as well The MENTOR 6 Light is designed and certified to carry one pilot. It dealer will be happy as further theoretical training. We advise that you continuously study may not be used as a tandem wing. -
Page 8: On Receiving Your Paraglider
If the brake line length is modified, this can influence the reaction of the glider. Before sale, every NOVA wing is checked and flown by a NOVA dealer. The name of the pilot and date of this first flight must written on the Suitable harnesses paraglider’s information label. -
Page 9: Speed-System Additional Line Set Assembly
(Size XS, S and M): only marginally reduced. The MENTOR 6 Light has comparatively long speed-system travel. To If the knot is moved left, the bead will block the pulley sooner. reach full speed, the speed-bar must therefore be pushed a long way. -
Page 10: Flying The Mentor 6 Light
The MENTOR 6 Light has its best glide performance at trim speed, i.e. when the brakes are fully released. In calm air, the wing will travel the 3. Lines: A-lines are on top, all lines are sorted and free of knots, brake greatest distance over a given height. -
Page 11: Accelerated Flight
flight is by approximately 15 cm and the B-riser The MENTOR 6 Light is fitted with a very effective and smooth-run- not only detrimental by about 13 cm (sizes XS, S, M and L). XXS: the A-risers will be ning speed system. -
Page 12: Landing
Landing canopy – whilst always keeping an eye on your height above ground, so Landing the MENTOR 6 Light is very simple. In turbulent conditions that you are able to exit the manoeuvre at the correct time. it is advisable to make your approach whilst pulling a little brake in The B-line stall is released by simultaneously raising your B-risers order to increase stability and to increase the feeling for the wing‘s... -
Page 13: Collapses
The acceleration can be more than three times gravitational force In conclusion: it is essential to practise this manoeuvre gently and in These physical demands can be (>3g). The pilot must be aware of these forces. stages. The exit must be controlled. Important safety information: simulated in a g-force Before learning to spiral, pilots should practise controlled exits from •... -
Page 14: Stalls
SIV/pilotage course. to a cravat. If this behaviour is observed (i.e. that the wing tips do not • 57 cm for the MENTOR 6 Light XXS collapse and fly forwards), this can be resolved easily with a quick • 61 cm for the MENTOR 6 Light XS symmetrical pull on the brakes. -
Page 15: Cravats
Parachutal/deep stall dive which either requires great effort or in some cases it is actually A parachutal or deep stall is defined as flight without forward impossible to exit. It is essential to prevent this rotation. momentum and with a large sink rate. All our paragliders automatically 2. -
Page 16: Care And Maintenance
• Do not drag your wing across the ground – particularly not the rods in the leading edge. Packing the glider Keep it simple! NOVA paragliders can be stored in a concertina bag, To us, paragliding but it is not essential (we haven‘t found that concertina bags prolong means freedom. -
Page 17: Storage
When you wish to dispose of your glider, Operating hours stated in the manual). please return it to NOVA or to your local NOVA partner, where it will be dismantled into its individual components and properly disposed of. - Page 18 When it comes to checks we are very particular – that’s why we don’t wing is covered once for accidental damage during one year after just call it a check, but a NOVA Full Service. We check all the details registering the glider at myNOVA (please note: there is a 50 euro of the paraglider: porosity, line lengths, correct trimming, etc.
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Page 19: Particulars And Exceptions
Firstly, thanks to a user account our clients have unlimited access to all their important data – for example, the NOVA Full Service log, Trim Tuning data or even a change of owner. Secondly, we gain a deeper insight into the durability of the material and lines through the collection of this data. -
Page 20: Overview Risers
_DE _EN Technische Daten | Technical data TYPE Anzahl Zellen Cells Projizierte Spannweite Proj. wingspan Leinenschloss/maillon Projizierte Fläche Proj. surface area 18,2 20,2 22,2 24,2 Projizierte Streckung Proj. aspect ratio Ausgelegte Spannweite Flat wingspan 10,8 11,4 11,9 12,4 Ausgelegte Fläche Flat surface area 21,5 23,8... -
Page 21: Overview Glider
Obersegel / Top sail our web site. Hinterkante / Trailing edge Impressum | Imprint Typenschild / Nameplate Fotografie | Photography: NOVA, Mario Eder, Peter Gebhard Änderungen, Druck- und Satzfehler vorbehalten | Changes, print and typographical errors reserved. - Page 22 Bei jedem Gleitschirm von NOVA ist ein reichhaltiges Bündel an Service- und Garantieleistungen inkludiert. Beim Kauf eines Schirms erwirbt man mehr als nur das Produkt. Every NOVA paraglider comes with a big package of extra services and guarantees. When you buy the wing you get more than just the product.
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