Aeros Discus 12 Owner's Manual page 6

4. Flip the glider upright on the control bar. Try to set the basebar on level ground. Remove the glider bag and all the velcro
sail ties. Do not remove the leading edge tip protection bags at this time.
5. Spread the wings almost all the way. The kingpost will automatically stand upright. If not, lift gently on the top side wire
as you spread the second wing, (do not pull the wire to the side) and the kingpost will stand up.
6. Remove the bridle ring from the neoprene cover at the bottom end of the kingpost and attach it to the snap hook, taking
care that there is no twist or rotation in the bridle ring which causes the bridle lines to cross over one another (
7. Remove the battens from the batten bag, and check each batten for symmetry against the corresponding batten from the
other wing. Align the battens at the nose, and at about the 60% chord point as shown (
deviation of more than 3 mm (1/8'') from one batten to the other along the full length of the battens.
Aeros convention is that blue marked battens go in the left wing
and red marked battens in the right. But you can feel free to install
them the other way around, i.e. blue marked battens go to the right
and red marked battens go to the left. This is because Aeros do not
tune glider's turn by changing battens camber, so originally your
glider comes with left and right corresponding battens symmetrical
between each other's. Battens are numbered from the center
outwards, and the longest batten in a Discus is designated as the
"No. 1" batten. Install the cambered top surface battens in the sail,
leaving out the shortest four on each side for now.
Install the spring batten tips into the hem of the trailing edge
( ). At each batten, make sure the opening in the underside of
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the trailing edge hem is spread to accept the tab on the batten tip.
Make sure the tab slides fully into the hem.
Insert the battens carefully, so as to
minimize stress and wear on the sail.
Never insert or remove top surface
battens with the crossbar tensioned
(except for up to the last four on each
side) and never insert or remove battens
with heavy wind pressure on the top of
the sail or in any condition which causes
the battens to slide with great resistance
in the pockets.
If you choose not to check your
battens for symmetry before each flight,
you should, at a minimum, check them
once a month.
THE NEW BATTEN TIPS DESIGN
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). There should not be any
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