Permobil Chairman HD Owner's Manual page 24

Owner's Manual Chairman HD Operation
4. Move the control stick carefully for-
wards to drive forward, or backwards to
reverse.
5. You control the speed of the wheel-
chair steplessly by moving the control
stick a different amount forwards or
backwards. The wheelchair's electro-
nic control lets you crawl over edges.
You can drive up to the edge and then
drive carefully over.
When you drive down an obstacle or
steep downhill slope you should drive
slowly and brake gently. You should
set the lowest speed range.Brake
Fig. 36. Driving forwards/backwards
gently by moving the control stick to a
position just before the neutral position
and when the speed has dropped you
can release the control stick completely.
IMPORTANT: You can't drive the
wheelchair with the seat raised. The
center is gravity is higher when the seat
is raised, increasing the risk of tipping.
You should only use the seat lift on flat
ground and not on an incline.
Steering
By moving the control stick to the right
or left while moving forwards or back-
wards, the wheelchair turns in the de-
sired direction.
Fig 37. Turning left/right
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