Govaplast Play Biplane User manual

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Govaerts Recycling NV
Kolmenstraat 1324
3570 Alken
Belgium
conforme aux exigences de sécurité
tranche d'age 1 <=> 12 age range
2019
GP 51
User manual art. GP51
“Biplane”
(version 2019-10-10)
Latest version is located at www.govaplast.com
This item is TÜV certified.
Mounting
The plane is delivered in pre-assembled parts. The surface
needs to be hard and even.
Maintenance
• Solid boards made of recycled plastics (PE) coloured
throughout (beige, green, brown)
• Stainless steel screws (6 and 8 mm) and nail plugs
• Virgin plastic sheets (PE)
• Replaceable PE steering wheel
Maintenance
The plastic material requires very little maintenance, that is
cleaning with soapy water and a sponge or soft brush and
rinsing with water to remove dirt and soap. As the materials’
water absorption is less than 0.29%, it will not get stained by
oil, grease or other products. Moss and algae will not adhere
easily and can easily be removed. Cleaning with high-
pressure (max. 100 bar) is possible but not recommended
and mostly even not necessary. Spray with a fan-shaped
jet with minimum 30 cm distance from the surface. Painting
or staining is useless as the material does not need extra
protection and moreover the paint will not stick to the plastic.
Inspection Requirements
Visual inspection:
Weekly or monthly, depending on the intensity of use.
Functional inspection:
Monthly or four-monthly, depending on the intensity of use.
Detailed inspection:
Yearly
Special attention during functional or detailed
inspection:
• Check all parts are tight.
• Check worn, loose, damaged, missing parts.
• Check screws sticking out.
• Check anchoring on hard soil.
• Steering wheel must be tightly secured.
• Vandalism?
• Space on the steering wheel
Use original Govaplast parts when repairing is required, to
ensure the TÜV certificate remains valid.
+/- 200kg

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150 cm
572 cm
525 cm
150 cm
572 cm
525 cm
Installation
The installation needs to be done on a hard and even
surface. The equipment cannot be installed on a loose
surface such as a sandpit, wood chips, bark mulch), unless a
special bearing construction is installed (not standard).
Security Zone
An obstacle-free area of minimum 150 cm around the
equipment is required.
No fall absorption surface required
The equipment’s fall height is less than 60 cm. Therefore it’s
allowed to install it on a hard surface.

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Important advice
To drill the holes use a sharp drill and first put the plastic part of the plug in the hole. Then screw the metal nail into the
plug instead of hammering it. This way, you avoid damaging the head of the nail and unfixing will be easy.
Replacement steering wheels
Through intensive use, the plastic mechanism in the steering wheels is subject to wear. The
wearing of the steering wheel and the other plastic parts, causes play on the system involving
necessary replacement after a few years.
The steering wheel can’t come loose from the green plastic mounting plate, as the cap nut is
permanently glued onto the metal shaft. Replacing the whole system is not difficult though, as
the green plastic mounting plate together with the steering wheel can be unscrewed from the
board/post/play and a new steering system can be screwed.
Anchoring or not?
According to the European standard, playground equipment
needs to be anchored. Anchoring of this specific equipment
is not required if installed on a school playground with
supervision. In case the playground is only used by the school
itself, the security risk due to not anchoring the equipment is
relatively small. If there is no anchoring we definitely advise to
mark the equipment’s position on the playground in order to
be able to place it back correctly after temporary relocation,
respecting the required 150 cm obstacle-free area.
In case of anchoring
The equipment is anchored with the 6 nail plugs supplied,
using the pre-drilled holes. Determine the exact position of the
equipment, draw its outline with chalk and mark the position of
the 6 pre-drilled holes for the nail plugs on the hard surface.
Move the equipment. Drill the holes with a 8 mm stone drill.
Move the equipment back in the right position and secure with
the nail plugs. Use an angle screwdriver to facilitate screwing.

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Mounting of the plane
5 wing parts are to be assembled
The position of the wing is marked
Place the wing supports
Mount the upper part of the wing Detail of upper wing
Detail of upper wing
Slide the lower part of the wing under the fuselage
The holes are pre-drilled.
Use the supplied screws 8 x 80 (Torx 40)
Mount the wing supports with the 2 supplied screws
8 x 120 (Torx 40) and the 2 yellow cover caps
Finally mount the back wing