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.

1

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

soft adjustable spreaders
on the left and right tapes, using the loops.
At the same time you can take the weight off
the relevant side by weightshifting.

Take of f
The BIBETA 5 needs only modest effort to
pull up. Lead the glider up with the two inner,
wide A-risers by pronounced forward leaning,
but without too strong a tug on the risers,
until the canopy is nicely above you. During
the pull up any directional corrections should
be made by walking decisively under the
wing, without steering with the brakes. After
the correction phase and a satisfactory look
at the wing a few steps with pronounced
leaning forward will achieve a takeoff, even
in little wind.
Tips
• Because of the excellent BIBETA 5 takeoff
behaviour you should remember to only
give the wing a modest pull up impulse,
even in little wind
• Before taking off make sure that the trim-
mers are closed.

Landing
BIBETA 5 precise handling and very long
brake travel make landings very straight-
forward.
Always make a proper landing circuit with
a dened nal approach, without rolling or
pitching. As the ground approaches brake
the BIBETA 5 continuously from full speed,
going through to full brake. By making this
kind of ‘fully ared’ landing the ground-
speed can be brought to zero and the pas-
senger set down gently.

The BIBETA 5 comes in one size because
it tolerates different wing loadings very well
and has a wide takeoff weight range –
120 kg to 225 kg. It ies best within the range
of 150 kg to 190 kg. But even at the upper
and lower limits this wing only reacts a little
to different loadings. Because the BIBETA 5
is very easy to takeoff getting airborne at low
wing loadings poses no problem, and even
at the top limit of the recommended range
the BIBETA 5 lands softly and safely
in no wind.
One size fits all

Flying with a wet glider
Flying with a completely wet wing raises the
risk of deep stall. Deep stall is often the re-
sult of a combination of factors. A wet can-
opy weighs more. The increased weight re-
sults in a higher angle of attack, always
bringing the wing closer to the deep stall
boundary. Water drops on the fabric also
have a bad effect on the laminar boundary
layer near the leading edge, and this signif-
icantly lowers the maximum lift coefcient
achievable.
To avoid the risk of deep stall with a wet
wing the glider should be braked as little as
possible, and big ears never used. If the glid-
er still goes into deep stall recovery can only
be made by accelerating with the trimmers.

Technical information
BIBETA 5 41
Flat surface m240.81
Take off weight 2kg 120 – 225
Optimal weight range 2kg 150 – 190
Glider weight kg 8.15
Aspect ratio 5.2
Trim speed 1km/h 41 +/- 3
Max. speed 1km/h 47 +/- 3
Min. sink rate 1m/s 1.2
Best glide 18.5 +/- 0.2
Certication EN / LTF B
1 Values depend on wing loading (pilot/passenger/harnesses and glider)
2 Pilot, passenger, wing, equipment

Warranty & Service
On www.advance.ch you can nd detailed
information about the worldwide ADVANCE
Service Network.
You can also nd the latest version of the of-
cial manual, more advice about safety, up-
to-date information as well as answers to
frequently asked questions (FAQs) on
www.advance.ch.
Register your BIBETA 5 within 10 days of
purchase on www.advance.ch/garantie. The
ADVANCE warranty is valid for 3 years for
faults that can be attributed to the manufac-
turer. You can nd more details online.
Your BIBETA 5 must have a check every
24 months, or every 12 months with inten-
sive use.

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