Gin FALCON User manual

FALCON
User manual and
servicing
v1.0, 26.02.2016

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and the most up to date information will be posted on the Gin Gliders website:
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Express written consent from Gin Gliders is required for any duplication of this manual, in whole
or in part (with the exception of short quotations for specialist articles).
Publication of this manual does not imply that the common or trade-names, or other intellectual
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WARNING
Read manual before first flight!
Paramotoring is a potentially dangerous
sport that can cause serious injury including
bodily harm, paralysis and death.
Flying a GIN paramotor wing is undertaken
with the full knowledge that paramotoring
involves risks.

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Thank you…
...for choosing Gin Gliders. We are confident you’ll enjoy many rewarding experiences in the air
with your GIN Falcon.
This manual contains important safety, performance and maintenance information. Read it
before your first flight, keep it for reference, and please pass it on to the new owner if you ever re-
sell your paramotor glider.
Any updates to this manual, or relevant safety information, will be published on our website:
www.gingliders.com.
You can also register for e-mail updates via our website.
Happy flying and safe landings,
GIN Team

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 10!
About Gin Gliders ..................................................................................................................10!
Manual...................................................................................................................................11!
Gin Gliders Homepage ...........................................................................................................11!
Gin Gliders and the environment ...........................................................................................12!
Respect for nature and the environment....................................................................................... 12 !
Environmentally-friendly recycling .............................................................................................. 12 !
2. Safety .................................................................................................................. 13!
Safety advice ........................................................................................................................13!
Safety notices .......................................................................................................................13!
Liability, warranty exclusion and operating limitations .......................................................14!
Liability and warranty exclusion .................................................................................................. 14 !
Operating limitations ................................................................................................................... 15 !
Glider categories and guidelines........................................................................................... 15!
DAGC certification......................................................................................................................... 15 !
Description of flight characteristics ............................................................................................. 15 !
Target group and recommended flying experience ........................................................................ 15 !
Description of pilot skills required ............................................................................................... 16 !
Suitability for training.................................................................................................................. 16 !
Before the first flight............................................................................................................ 16!
Certified Harnesses....................................................................................................................... 16 !
Reserve......................................................................................................................................... 17 !
Weight Range................................................................................................................................ 17 !
First flight .................................................................................................................................... 17 !
3. Flying the Falcon ................................................................................................. 18!
Preparation for launch ..........................................................................................................18!
Launch check ......................................................................................................................... 19!
Launch................................................................................................................................... 19!

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Light or nil wind launch................................................................................................................. 19 !
Strong wind launch ....................................................................................................................... 20 !
Line knots or tangles .................................................................................................................... 21 !
Climbing ................................................................................................................................21!
Counter-torque oscillation ....................................................................................................22!
Countering the torque effect......................................................................................................... 22 !
Level flight and best glide.....................................................................................................22!
Trim and accelerated flight (using the Trimmers and Speed Bar)...........................................23!
Trim Speed .................................................................................................................................... 23 !
Accelerated speed......................................................................................................................... 23 !
Standard brake system with wing tip brake.......................................................................... 24!
2D steering with different speed configurations...................................................................24!
Different speed configurations and steerings .......................................................................28!
Slow (trimmers closed) ................................................................................................................. 28 !
Accelerated (trimmers open)......................................................................................................... 28 !
Full speed (trimmers open and speed system activated)............................................................... 28 !
Flying with PA (Power Attack) system........................................................................................... 29 !
Various steering methodes with PA disabled and enabled.....................................................29!
Steering with main brake handles only (slow or accelerated) ....................................................... 29 !
Main brake handles and outer line (accelerated)........................................................................... 30 !
Steering with outer 2D steering line only (accelerated)................................................................ 30 !
Steering with wing tip brake (recommended accelerated mode, required for full speed) .............. 32 !
Influence of classic steering on the reflex profile .................................................................33!
Released trims without brakes ..................................................................................................... 33 !
Released trims with brakes applied .............................................................................................. 34 !
Closed trims.................................................................................................................................. 34 !
Losing altitude...................................................................................................................... 35!
Big ears......................................................................................................................................... 35 !
B-Stall .......................................................................................................................................... 35 !
Spiral dive..................................................................................................................................... 36 !
Landing .................................................................................................................................37!
Landing with stationary propeller ................................................................................................ 37 !
Landing with motor running.......................................................................................................... 38 !

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Further tips on paramotoring................................................................................................ 38!
Types of use ..........................................................................................................................39!
Free flying..................................................................................................................................... 39 !
Towing .......................................................................................................................................... 39 !
Aerobatics..................................................................................................................................... 39 !
4. Dangerous situations and extreme flying ........................................................... 40!
Dangerous situations ............................................................................................................40!
Safety training......................................................................................................................40!
Material stress and damage.......................................................................................................... 41 !
Canopy collapses...................................................................................................................41!
Asymmetric collapse..................................................................................................................... 41 !
Cravat / glider wrapped around lines ............................................................................................ 42 !
Symmetric front collapse .............................................................................................................. 42 !
Types of stall ........................................................................................................................43!
Deep stall (parachuting, stable stall)............................................................................................ 43 !
Full stall (dynamic stall) ............................................................................................................... 44 !
Spin............................................................................................................................................... 44 !
Other tips for dangerous situations......................................................................................44!
Cascade......................................................................................................................................... 44 !
Emergency steering ...................................................................................................................... 45 !
Flying in the rain........................................................................................................................... 45 !
Advertising and adhesives............................................................................................................ 45 !
Overloading .................................................................................................................................. 45 !
Sand and salt air........................................................................................................................... 46 !
Temperature range........................................................................................................................ 46 !
5. Storing, care, maintenance / repairs and guarantee........................................... 47!
Storing the paramotor glider ................................................................................................ 47!
Packing the paramotor glider........................................................................................................ 47 !
Rucksack ....................................................................................................................................... 48 !
Storing and transporting the glider .............................................................................................. 49 !
Care.......................................................................................................................................49!
Ground handling............................................................................................................................ 50 !

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Fabric............................................................................................................................................ 50 !
Lines ............................................................................................................................................. 51 !
Rigid construction......................................................................................................................... 51 !
Cleaning........................................................................................................................................ 52 !
Maintenance ..........................................................................................................................52!
Type designation .......................................................................................................................... 52 !
Inspection periods ........................................................................................................................ 52 !
Validity of inspection.................................................................................................................... 53 !
Material stress.............................................................................................................................. 53 !
Repairs..................................................................................................................................54!
Gin Gliders workshops .................................................................................................................. 54 !
Small repairs to the glider ............................................................................................................ 54 !
Gin Gliders lifetime guarantee ..............................................................................................54!
Register your Falcon..................................................................................................................... 54 !
6. Dimensions, illustrations, technical and DGAC data............................................................... 55!
Description............................................................................................................................55!
Manufacturing............................................................................................................................... 56 !
Overall illustration ...............................................................................................................57!
Technical data ....................................................................................................................... 57!
Riser...................................................................................................................................... 59!
Speed System................................................................................................................................ 62 !
Adjusting the speed system and trimmers .................................................................................... 62 !
Torque compensator...................................................................................................................... 66 !
Power Attack System .................................................................................................................... 67 !
Line system, brakes and line plan .........................................................................................67!
Line system................................................................................................................................... 67 !
Brake line adjustment................................................................................................................... 67 !
Variable brake pulley.................................................................................................................... 69 !
Wing tip brake adjustment............................................................................................................ 70 !
Line plan (standard brake)............................................................................................................ 72 !
Line plan (2D steering).................................................................................................................. 73 !
Material list ..........................................................................................................................74!

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DGAC Template ......................................................................................................................75!
Size 20 .......................................................................................................................................... 75 !
Size 22 .......................................................................................................................................... 75 !
Size 24 .......................................................................................................................................... 75 !
Size 26 .......................................................................................................................................... 75 !
Appendix .................................................................................................................................... 76!
Addresses..............................................................................................................................76!
Glider details ........................................................................................................................77!
Pilot details / Proof of ownership.................................................................................................. 77 !
Inspections and repairs overview ................................................................................................. 78 !
Notes ............................................................................................................................................ 79 !

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1. Introduction
About Gin Gliders
Dream
In forming Gin Gliders, designer and competition pilot Gin Seok Song had one simple dream: to
make the best possible paragliding equipment that pilots all over the world would love to fly—
whatever their ambitions.
At Gin Gliders, we bring together consultant aerodynamists, world cup pilots, engineers and
paragliding school instructors, all with one goal: creating better paramotor gliders.
Touch
We’re a “hands-on” company that puts continuous innovation and development at the centre of
everything we do.
At our purpose-built R&D workshop at head office in Korea, we are able to design, manufacture,
test-fly and modify prototypes all in a matter of hours. Our international R&D team is on hand both
in Korea and at locations worldwide. This guarantees that your equipment has been thoroughly
tested to cope with the toughest flying conditions.
Our own production facilities in East Asia ensure the quality of the finished product and also the
well-being of our production staff.
Believe
We believe that the product should speak for itself. Only by flying can the pilot understand the
wing and develop trust and confidence in it. From this feeling comes safety, comfort, performance
and fun. The grin when you land should say it all!