Gin Pegasus 3 User manual
v1.0 February 2021
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The information in this manual is provided for guidance only and is subject to change without notice. This manual is nota
intended as a comprehensive assembly, use, service, repair or maintenance manual. Please see your dealer for alla
assembly, service, repairs or maintenance. Your dealer may
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paraglider use, service, repair or maintenance.
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Thank you...a
… for choosing Gin Gliders. This user manual contains important information for the use and
maintenance of your paraglider. Detailed knowledge of your glider and equipment will help you
to fly safely and make the most of your flights.
Your GIN paraglider has been designed to meet all
safety and regulatory requirements. These
requirements also include the need to familiarise yourself with this user manual and the
information and instructions regarding safety, equipment and service prior to the initial
commissioning. These operating instructions must be fully read and understood before the first
flight.
If you have any
further questions about these operating instructions, please contact your GIN
dealer in the first instance, or Gin Gliders directly.
We wish you exciting flights and always a safe landing.
Your GIN team
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Contentsa
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Manual 7
Gin Gliders website 8
Gin Gliders and the environment 8
Respect for nature and the environment 8
Environmentally-friendly recycling 8
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Safety advice 9
Safety notices 9
Liability, warranty exclusion and operating limitations 10
Liability and warranty exclusion 10
Operating limitations 10
Before the first flight 11
Harness 11
Reserve 12
Weight range 12
Overload 12
First flight 13
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Preparation for launch 14
Material check 14
Pre-flight check 14
Start check 15
General warnings and advice 15
Launching 16
Forward launch 16
Additional information for starting with engine 16
Reverse launch 17
Additional information for reverse launch with engine
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Tips for paragliding take-off 17
Knots or loops in the lines 17
The initial climb-out 18
Engine-induced oscillations 18
In-flight characteristics 18
Cruising flight 18
Normal flight 19
Accelerated flight 19
Turning 19
Active flying 20
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Rapid descent techniques 20
Spiral dives 21
B-Stall 22
Big ears 22
Landing 23
Landing with motor 23
Landing with standing propeller 24
Landing with trailing throttle 24
Additional information for motorized flying 24
Range of use 25
Towing 25
Attaching the towline release system 25
Tandem paragliding 26
Aerobatics 26
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Dangerous
situations 27
SIV / Safety training 27
Material stress 27
Canopy Collapses 28
Asymmetric collapses 28
Cravat / glider wrapped around lines 28
Symmetric collapses (Front stall) 29
Types of stall 29
Deep stall (parachuting, stable stall) 30
Full stall (dynamic stall) 30
Spin 31
Other tips for dangerous situations 31
Cascade 31
Emergency steering (rear riser
steering) 31
Flying in the rain 31
Advertising and adhesives 32
Overloading 32
Sand and salt air 32
Temperature range 32
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Storing the paraglider 33
Packing the paraglider 33
Rucksack 34
Storing and transporting the glider 34
Care 35
Ground handling 35
Fabric 35
Lines 36
Rigid construction 36
Cleaning 36
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