Advance acoustic BIBETA 5 User manual

Getting started
english

Many thanks for deciding on ADVANCE. We
are one of the world’s leading paraglider
manufacturers based in Switzerland. Since
1988 we have consistently followed our own
ideas and concepts, both in development
and production.
We hope that your BIBETA 5 will bring you
many rewarding hours in the air, and enable
you to share your passion for ying with your
passengers.
Welcome to ADVANCE
With a BIBETA 5 you and your guest will lift
off effortlessly for a stress-free ying expe-
rience. The excellent takeoff qualities, to-
gether with efcient turning and landing,
distinguish the BIBETA 5 and make it an ab-
solutely reliable partner. Compared with the
previous BIBETA the robustness stays the
same, but takeoff behaviour, weight and
handling have been markedly improved.

This guide gives you a brief look at how to
deal with the BIBETA 5, but it does not re-
place the ofcial manual, in which you will
nd detailed instructions about setting up,
ying qualities, manoeuvres, maintenance
and service. The manual is ready to down-
load on www.advance.ch/bibeta.
Getting started

Share the joy and fun of your passion – as
the BIBETA 5 tandem pilot you and your
passenger can takeoff without stress for a
reassuring feelgood ight. The BIBETA 5
brings the leisure pilot much fun and safety;
for the professional it makes an effective and
reliable workhorse for daily use.
You as the pilot

Every ADVANCE paraglider has to be own
by the dealer before delivery, and checked
for correct basic settings. Any alteration to
the paraglider has the result of negating the
certication. The length of the brake lines
should not be altered. They are set at the
factory so that, with brakes fully released,
the trailing edge remains unbraked in fully
accelerated ight.
Delivery and basic set up
BIBETA 5 delivery includes:
• EASYPACK rucksack
• Inner bag
• Compression strap
• Spreaders (hard, soft or soft adjustable)
• Repair kit
• Mini windsock
• “Getting-started” booklet

The BIBETA 5 has an accelerate system
in the shape of trimmers. These achieve a
speed increase of ca. 5 km/h. This gives you
a larger safety margin in strong wind, and it
also makes the glider more user-friendly
when the tandem is used for carrying light
passengers. And, not least, using the trim-
mers in
combination with big ears (Vary-Grip-
System)
is a very relaxed and comfortable
way of getting down fast for your passenger.
Trimmers
Info
• Always make sure that the trimmer posi-
tions are symmetrical.
• When the trimmers are open the brake
handle positions will be signicantly higher,
and the brake force is higher because of
the higher airspeed.
• The BIBETA 5 has high canopy stability
and you can y through light turbulence
while accelerated.

• You can also steer and stabilise the glider
with the brakes while ying through turbu-
lence with the trimmers open.
Tip
• We recommend that you circle in thermals
with closed trimmers. You will then be
close to best stability and minimum sink.

The BIBETA 5 has split A-risers which make
it easy to activate big ears. A clamp (Vary-
Grip-System 1 ) also makes it possible to
x the outer A-lines in big ears and leave the
glider in this conguration for as long as you
like. The lines can be pulled down as far as
the marks and xed again in the clamp.
The paraglider can be steered normally with
the brakes while big ears are applied.
Big ears with the Vary-Grip-System
Info
It is not essential to pump the ears out for
landing, particularly in strong wind. Brake
pressure provides enough pressure in the
ears to ensure that sufcient wing area will
be available for landing.

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pilot’s spreader arms, and are attached to
the loops provided.
Info
The pilot’s arms of the soft adjustable
spreaders have spring-loaded clips so that
his support height can be adjusted to suit
the passenger’s height.
If you are too tired in ight to shorten these
you can make life easier by alternating pulls
The BIBETA 5 comes with hard, soft or soft
adjustable spreaders.
Hard spreaders
The reserve connections run above the pilot’s
spreader arms, and are attached in the mid-
dle
of the support, under the main glider at-
tachments.
Soft spreaders
The reserve connections run underneath the
Spreaders