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Owners Manual
Skylark
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Student Canopy
WARNING
THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISK !!!
PARACHUTE SYSTEMS SOMETIMES FAIL CAUSING DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY REGARDLESS OF
HOW IT IS MAINTAINED, PACKED, DEPLOYED OR OPERATED. TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE ARE
REQUIRED TO LOWER THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
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Summary of Contents for Commodore Skylark CO-190
- Page 1 Owners Manual Skylark Student Canopy WARNING THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISK !!! PARACHUTE SYSTEMS SOMETIMES FAIL CAUSING DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY REGARDLESS OF HOW IT IS MAINTAINED, PACKED, DEPLOYED OR OPERATED. TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE ARE REQUIRED TO LOWER THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
- Page 2 Thank you for choosing Commodore Student Canopy! Our young professional team is dedicated to equip you with the gear of highest quality and performance. We are confident you will like your new Commodore Student Canopy as your student equipment Regardless if you purchased new or used canopy, it shall be thoroughly inspected and assembled to by authorized rigger.
- Page 3 DESCRIPTION Commodore is a student 9 cell ram-air canopy. Commodore is a is a low aspect ratio 9 -cell ram-air canopy designed for skydives at the max exit speed 240km/t and max hight 6000m above the sea level. Due to the specific design, Commodore has consistently stable openings and is very predictable! It has on-heading performance, consistent deployment altitude and inflation time, excellent speed range, superior glide in full flight while stable and controllable in steep deep brake flight.
- Page 4 OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE TECHNICAL DATA AND LIMITATIONS In this manual we provide the following calculated technical data • canopy size in sq.ft. measured at the lower surface • approximate packing volume in cu.in., when the canopy is packed using ProPack •...
- Page 5 OWNERS MANUAL STUDENT CANOPY COMMODORE Each Commodore canopy has the operating limitations of the maximum exit weight and the maximum deployment speed indicated on the warning label attached to the top of the upper skin of the canopy:...
- Page 6 OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE Pack Canopy Min body Max body deployment Aspect Modell Volume Weight weight weight Span speed Ratio lbs (kg) lbs (kg) lbs (kg) knot (km/t) CO-190 10 (4) 113 (51) 238 (108) 130 (240) 3,14 2,49...
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Page 7: Operation
OWNERS MANUAL STUDENT CANOPY COMMODORE OPERATION The canopy should be inspected and assembled only by the certified rigger. Before assembling the canopy to your system, inspect the canopy, lines and soft links. Make sure, that particular canopy can be used with the given container and deployment system. - Page 8 OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE 7. Recheck the order of lines connection and the orientation of the canopy. Make sure that after the opening canopy will fly forward! Fix errors if any. 8. Tight up the soft links* and fix them inside the risers to the special tapes with the thread (or tight up the rapid-links with help of the wrench and cover them with protective slider bumpers.)
- Page 9 OWNERS MANUAL STUDENT CANOPY COMMODORE PACKING Before packing your canopy, thoroughly inspect upper and lower surface, ribs, seams on the skin and on the lines, inspect lines, slider and grommets. In case you detect any damage – i.e. tears, burns, worn-out, rusty or incorrectly assembled parts, please do the necessary maintenance on the canopy first.
- Page 10 OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE 12. Separate the control lines, straighten the fabric between them and turn them towards the center of the canopy under the slider (pic. 9 and 10) 13. Take the trailing edge of the canopy in your hand at central part (where the warning label is attached) and put it on the lines right below the slider, press it hard along with the lines and the slider (pic.
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Page 20: Storage And Maintenance
OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE STORAGE Fabric and other materials, used in the canopy construction are very sensitive to the environmental influence, especially to the UV rays. It is recommenced to use big bag or other cover material to protect the canopy from the direct sunlight on the ground. - Page 21 OWNERS MANUAL STUDENT CANOPY COMMODORE Maintenance of the main canopy consists of the periodical inspection, line change, and timely repair of detected damages. If you have detected damages or anything suspicious, please contact your dealer or rigger before making the next jump.
- Page 22 OWNERS MANUAL STUDEN CANOPY COMMODORE 8. Inspect deployment chute, bridle and deployment bag. Check connection of the bridle to the canopy and to the deployment bag. 9. Follow the manufacturer’s manual for your container to correctly connect the toggles to the control lines.
- Page 23 OWNERS MANUAL STUDENT CANOPY COMMODORE WARRANTIES Skydiving is a high risk activity. If you have made the decision to go for it, nothing will eliminate the risk of injuries or death. Your participation in the sport confirms that regardless of your skill / knowledge level as well as your experience, regardless of the equipment in use you take personal responsibility for potential injuries or death.