Hobie Mirage Eclipse 10.5 User manual

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Hobie Mirage Stand Up
Eclipse Manual

In 1950, Hobie’s dream was born in his parents’
garage when he decided to apply his love of wood-
working to the sport of surfing. Dad backed out the
Buick... Hobie carved out his very first surfboard...
Hobie’s business of fun had begun.

4Table of Contents
Anatomy ...............................................................................5
Set Up .................................................................................6
MirageDrive Instruction .......................................................8
On the Water..........................................................................9
Steering ..............................................................................11
Maintenance and Care.........................................................12
Rudder Tuning.....................................................................13
Storage and Transport ........................................................14
Safety...................................................................................15
Warranty..............................................................................17
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1. Mirage Stand Up Eclipse Board
2. Handle Bars
3. MirageDrive
4. Rudder Blade
5. Cassette Plug
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Anatomy

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Plug in Handle
Bars.
Lock by turning
the knob either
direction located
on the hand bar
receiver.
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Installing the Handle Bars
Set Up

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Hook the rud-
der on the
trailing edge of
the slot in the
rudder drum.
Stretch bungee
loop over the
rudder and into
the hook on the
front of the rud-
der. The bungee
will deploy the
rudder into
position.
Locate the steering
lines exiting the board
and steering cables
exiting the handle
bars.
Loop the steer-
ing lines exiting the
board around the
balls connected to the
steering cable on the
handle bar.
The left steering line
connects to the left
cable, the right line to
the right cable. Make
sure the lines are not
crossed. Grey to grey,
black to black.
Steering Line Connection
Installing the Rudder
Set Up

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Installing the MirageDrive
Remove the MirageDrive
Pull back
each Click
and Go
lever.
Lift drive
straight up.
Flip pedals
forward.
Flip pedals back.
Lower drive
straight down
making sure
the spine is
level.
Press down and lock drive
into the Click and Go’s.
The drive locks automatically
when installed.
Level
MirageDrive Instruction
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Mirage Driver Operation
Shallow Water and Beaching
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In shallow
water push
one pedal all
the way down
and continue
doing small
steps to keep
the fins mov-
ing close to
the board.
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On the Water
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Pedal Positioning
Adding/Decreasing Fin Resistance
High Pedal
Resistance
Mid Pedal
Resistance
Low Pedal
Resistance
MirageDrive Instruction
Loosen the screw
on the bottom of the
mast to increase
resistance on the fin.
Tighten to decrease
resistance.
Take the fin off from
the mast on your
MirageDrive by re-
moving the small key
ring and pin.
Put the fin back on
the MirageDrive and
secure with the pin
and bey ring.
1/8” Allen Key
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