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Page 2: Verification Of Checks And Repairs
Page 2 Verification of Checks and repairs GRAVIS Serial number: ……………………….…………… …………………………. Name/ Stamp First check by ICARO / date: ….………………… Check (C) Which repair/ Check? Performed by/ date Repair (R) Check valid until? Porosity value Strength value of the lines... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS VERIFICATION OF CHECKS AND REPAIRS ............2 TO GET TO KNOW YOUR GRAVIS ............... 6 FLYING WITH THE GRAVIS .................. 8 ........................8 ARNESS ....................9 LIGHT PREPARATION ........................9 AUNCH ......................10 CTIVE FLYING .................. - Page 4 In accordance with standard EN 926-2:2013, Paragliding equipment – Paragliders – Part 2: “Requirements and test methods for classifying flight safety characteristics” your GRAVIS is pattern tested in B. Verifier EAPR GMBH / MARKTSTR. 11, DE-87730 BAD GRÖNENBACH...
- Page 5 Our products are made with great care and state of the art. Each paraglider before it is delivered to the dealer or flight school is checked by ICARO paragliders but test flights are made only on a random basis.
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Page 6: To Get To Know Your Gravis
Page 6 Please do not walk beside the marked ways, do not leave your litter, do not make unnecessary loud noises and respect the sensitive balance in the mountains. To get to know your GRAVIS Allowed for training Allowed for towing... - Page 7 The GRAVIS is delivered from the factory with the best brake position for most pilots. But tall or short pilots, or those with a harness with non- standard attachment points might consider it necessary to change the position of the brake handles.
- Page 8 With the chest strap in a more closed position the glider also has more tendency to maintain a stable spiral, lengthening of the chest strap gives more feedback from the glider but decreases stability. ICARO paragliders recommends following settings: Take off weight < 80kg 80 kg -100 kg >...
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Page 9: Flying With The Gravis
Page 9 Flying with the GRAVIS Flight preparation • When choosing an area to lay out the glider before launching, try to find somewhere that is relatively free of stones and sharp rocks. Pay particular attention to the top surface, where the canopy touches the ground. -
Page 10: Active Flying
Page 10 Hold only the middle A risers and the handles of the brakes. When you pull on the A-risers, the lines in the middle of the wing should be under tension before the lines on the wing ends. This ensures an even easier start. Use progressive pressure on the A risers and the energy of our own bodies weight until the wing is fully inflated overhead. -
Page 11: Turning
Page 11 The more turbulent the weather conditions and when near the ground, the less acceleration should be used. Using the accelerator decreases the angle of attack and can make the glider more prone to collapse. Do not use the acceleration system and brakes at the same time! It is very dangerous to use both simultaneously as it can result in serious collapses. -
Page 12: B-Line-Stall
Wingover The GRAVIS is an agile glider, and it is quite easy to get to an excessively high angle of bank in just a few turns. Practice wingovers gently at first, as there is a chance of quite large collapses at high bank angles. -
Page 13: What Happens When It Happens
If the collapsed part of the canopy is very big, you have to brake the open side very dosed (not too much!) to avoid a stall. Symmetric Collapse Your GRAVIS normally re-inflates promptly in a symmetric collapse without pilot input. Applying the brakes symmetrically will speed things up. -
Page 14: Emergency Steering
Page 14 Emergency Steering Should it no longer be possible to steer your glider, for example due to a broken line, the glider may be steered by gently pulling on either rear riser. By steering this way airspeed is reduced hardly. Therefore, for landing you must change to the rear risers to control your glider. -
Page 15: Care Instructions, Repairs, Inspection
• Flying all the descent or acrobatic exercises will not normally pose a structural problem but freestyle training accelerates the ageing process dramatically. • There is no special method packing your glider. ICARO paragliders commends the “Cell to Cell-method bag because the reinforcements of the leading edge... -
Page 16: Repairs
Damage to the lines or any other repairs should only be carried out at an authorized ICARO center. If your glider needs to be repaired, please contact your local ICARO paragliders dealer. Inspection It is important to have your glider inspected by a trained ICARO technician but it is also allowed to check your glider for yourself. -
Page 17: Terms Of The Warranty
• ICARO paragliders needs to be informed immediately after the discovery of a defect and the defective product must be sent to us for testing. -
Page 18: Annex
Technical specifications about your glider (type, serial number, size and year of production). Pleas call ICARO paragliders for information. A three week course at ICARO paragliders, specified to a glider type together with a legal flight license is the necessary prerequisites for permission to inspect ICARO paragliders. - Page 19 The technician must report any unusual faults to ICARO paragliders within 3 days. Inspection Reference Only an authorized technician who has been trained by ICARO paragliders is authorized to sign and date the glider type label and sign the manual.
- Page 20 Page 20 Line plan all over (all sizes)
- Page 21 Page 21 Description of the risers A A1 Pulley brake line handle Brummelhook Accellerator Central loop...
- Page 22 Page 22 Description canopy (schematic diagram) Dual 3D- shaping Canopy V-Tape Typ Profiletype Cells Linegeometry Miniribs sail Cells, upper Lower sail breakline Topline Middleline Meanline stableline...
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