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MENTOR 6 Light –
Less weight, zero limits
Thank you or your trust
Many thanks or choosing a NOVA wing. NOVA stands or innovative,
technically sophisticated, high quality products. Your paraglider was
developed using modern design and simulation so tware, it was inten-
sively tested and during and a ter production it underwent stringent
quality control procedures.
This manual contains important in ormation on using your para glider.
We recommend reading it care ully in advance o your rst fight with
the wing. Please contact us or your NOVA partner with any queries or
suggestions.
Further in ormation on this wing and other products can be ound at
www.nova.eu.
We wish you great fights and sa e landings.
Your NOVA development team
Philipp Medicus
Chie designer
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- Page 1 This manual contains important in ormation on using your para glider. We recommend reading it care ully in advance o your rst fight with NOVA o ers the wing. Please contact us or your NOVA partner with any queries or comprehensive suggestions.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Normal fight Per ormance and NOVA has a highly quali ed sta team, nearly all o whom share the sa ety, or rather the Accelerated fight same passion or fight as the pilots who choose to fy NOVA wings. -
Page 3: Quality
These are all important indi- On the other, there is a requirement to ollow laws and ethical ground- cators or us too, but at NOVA we eel the term quality encompasses rules. Please show respect to your ellow pilots, but also consider the more. -
Page 4: The Mentor 6 Light
Why? It is very important The MENTOR 6 Light is an EN B wing with 59 cells and a fat aspect to us that you can enjoy your NOVA wing or a long time. Despite its ratio o 5,43. -
Page 5: Mentor 6 Light Technologies
Com ort 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 sur ace that is can use a concertina bag, but it is not essential. -
Page 6: Mentor 6 Light Target Group
NOVA Furthermore we recommend regular fying, ground handling, as well The MENTOR 6 Light is designed and certi ed to carry one pilot. It dealer will be happy as urther theoretical training. We advise that you continuously study may not be used as a tandem wing. -
Page 7: On Receiving Your Paraglider
I the brake line length is modi ed, this can infuence the reaction o the glider. Be ore sale, every NOVA wing is checked and fown by a NOVA dealer. The name o the pilot and date o this rst fight must written on the Suitable harnesses paraglider’s in ormation label. -
Page 8: 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 I the knot is moved le t, the bead will block the pulley sooner. reach ull speed, the speed-bar must there ore be pushed a long way. -
Page 9: Flying The Mentor 6 Light
The MENTOR 6 Light has its best glide per ormance at trim speed, i.e. when the brakes are ully released. In calm air, the wing will travel the 3. -
Page 10: Accelerated Fight
15 cm and the B-riser The MENTOR 6 Light is tted with a very e ective 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 11: 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 eeling or the wing‘s... -
Page 12: Collapses
The acceleration can be more than three times gravitational orce In conclusion: it is essential to practise this manoeuvre gently and in These physical demands can be (>3g). The pilot must be aware o these orces. stages. The exit must be controlled. Important sa ety in ormation: simulated in a g- orce Be ore learning to spiral, pilots should practise controlled exits rom •... -
Page 13: Stalls
SIV/pilotage course. to a cravat. I this behaviour is observed (i.e. that the wing tips do not • 57 cm or the MENTOR 6 Light XXS collapse and fy orwards), this can be resolved easily with a quick • 61 cm or the MENTOR 6 Light XS symmetrical pull on the brakes. -
Page 14: Cravats
Parachutal/deep stall dive which either requires great e ort or in some cases it is actually A parachutal or deep stall is de ned as fight without orward impossible to exit. It is essential to prevent this rotation. momentum and with a large sink rate. All our paragliders automatically 2. -
Page 15: 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 ound that concertina bags prolong means reedom. -
Page 16: Storage
. When you wish to dispose o 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 o . - Page 17 When it comes to checks we are very particular – that’s why we don’t wing is covered once or accidental damage during one year a ter 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 o the paraglider: porosity, line lengths, correct trimming, etc.
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Page 18: Particulars And Exceptions
To us, a paraglider is more than just a ew kilograms o plastic. We The NOVA Full Service is con rmed with an o cial stamp. Failure to breathe digital li e into it. Registration at MyNOVA is its birth certi - comply invalidates the airworthiness. -
Page 19: Overview Risers
_DE _EN Technische Daten | Technical data TYPE Anzahl Zellen Cells Projizierte Spannweite Proj. wingspan Leinenschloss/maillon Projizierte Fläche Proj. sur ace 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 sur ace area 21,5 23,8... -
Page 20: Overview Glider
Obersegel / Top sail our web site. Hinterkante / Trailing edge Impressum | Imprint Typenschild / Nameplate Fotogra e | Photography: NOVA, Mario Eder, Peter Gebhard Änderungen, Druck- und Satz ehler vorbehalten | Changes, print and typographical errors reserved.
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