ICARO paragliders SPEEDUP User manual

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www.icaro-paragliders.com
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Partial reproduction is allowed only after prior approval by
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Version 1/ 2014 ©

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Verification of Checks and repairs
SPEEDUP
Serial number: ……………………….……………
First check by ICARO / date: ….…………………
………………………….
Name/ Stamp
Check (C)
Repair (R)
Which repair/ Check?
Check valid until? Performed by/ date
Measured porosity data Measured data of the lines Estimated condition
optical:
technical:
Check (C)
Repair (R)
Which repair/ Check?
Check valid until? Performed by/ date
Measured porosity data Measured data of the lines Estimated condition
optical:
technical:
Check (C)
Repair (R)
Which repair/ Check?
Check valid until? Performed by/ date
Measured porosity data Measured data of the lines Estimated condition
optical:
technical:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VERIFICATION OF CHECKS AND REPAIRS........................................................2
TO GET TO KNOW YOUR SPEEDUP ..................................................................6
FLYING WITH THE SPEEDUP...............................................................................7
H ARNESS ........................................................................................................................... 7
F LIGHT PREPARATION .......................................................................................................... 7
L AUNCH ............................................................................................................................. 7
A CTIVE FLYING .................................................................................................................... 8
T URNING ............................................................................................................................ 8
L ANDING :............................................................................................................................ 9
DESCENT TECHNIQUES ......................................................................................9
B IG & S MALL E ARS ............................................................................................................. 9
B-L INE -S TALL ..................................................................................................................... 9
S PIRAL D IVE ..................................................................................................................... 10
W INGOVER ....................................................................................................................... 10
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HAPPENS? .............................................................10
K NOTS AND TANGLES ........................................................................................................ 10
D EEP / P ARACHUTE S TALL :................................................................................................ 10
A SYMMETRIC C OLLAPSE .................................................................................................... 11
S YMMETRIC C OLLAPSE ..................................................................................................... 11
E MERGENCY S TEERING ..................................................................................................... 11
N EGATIVE S PIN ................................................................................................................. 11
F ULL S TALL ...................................................................................................................... 11
CARE INSTRUCTIONS, REPAIRS, INSPECTION...............................................12
C ARE I NSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................................................... 12
R EPAIRS ........................................................................................................................... 13
TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE ............................................................................13
ANNEX: INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS, LINEPLAN...........................................15
GUARANTEE CARD:...................................................................................................... 16
USER´S NEEDS FOR INSPECTIONS: ........................................................................... 16
INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS:...................................................................................... 17

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Congratulations on buying your
SPEEDUP
and welcome to the family
of ICARO - pilots!
Before you get to know your glider please read the
manual, there are any important items.
The wing loading has a certain influence on the pilots requirements: If you fly the
wing with less wing load it will be less demanding than if you fly it on top of the
weight range.
The small size of the SPEEDUP and thereby the high wing loading make certain
demands for the pilot. The glider is very predictable in its reactions but sometimes
it requires fast and sensitive brake inputs.
Therefore the pilot should already have certain "reflexes" from flying other wings.
The SPEEDUP is not a glider for aerobatics because there are different materials
and characteristics to an aerobatic- glider.
Therefore aerobatics with the SPEEDUP is forbidden.
Your SPEEDUP is not pattern tested, has no certification, is not suitable for
training, valid using any harness which has been categorized by “GH” and allowed
for towing.
The glider may be only used for those purposes described in this manual.
•It is strictly prohibited to fly the SPEEDUP
•under the influence of drugs or alcohol,
•in insufficient experience or training of pilots,
•without guilty license,
•beyond the minimum and maximum recommended Take Off-
Weight,
•with damaged glider, lines, risers or harness
•in the rain, in snow, in the clouds and fog and in turbulent
weather conditions,
•with motor drive for tandem- flying and in aerobatics.
If you cannot keep your glider under control use the rescue system in good
time. Always pay attention to ground distance.
Our products are made with great care and state of the art. Each paraglider before
it is delivered to the dealer or flight school is checked by ICARO paragliders but
test flights are made only on a random basis.
On that score an approved ICARO dealer or teacher of the flight school must
inflate a new ICARO paraglider in the wind or should carry out the first flight before
the wing is handed over to you.

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This date is entered in the identification plate and as well guarantee as the first
2-year-check period starts.
The use of this paraglider is entirely at your own risk. Every pilot bears the
responsibility of his/her own safety.
In order to get to know your glider, we recommend that you practice with your
glider on the ground. Pulling up in flat gradients is great practice for fine tuning
your launch techniques. Here you can get to learn the reactions of your glider
without any stress and hectic. Ground practice pays off in the air.
All technical data and instructions were drawn up with great care.
ICARO paragliders cannot be made responsible for any possible errors in
this manual.
Important information in this manual is written in fat cursive writing.
Any important changes to this manual will be published in our homepage
(www.icaro-paragliders.de).
Should you decide to sell this glider at a later date, please pass on this manual to
the new owner.
Each alteration of the glider (lines, canopy, riser) is dangerous an reactions
of the glider are not predictable. Your glider will loose its pattern test result
and guarantee.
The manufacturer or distributor assumes no responsibility for accidents
occurring while using it.
Every pilot must ensure that the paraglider is properly checked at regular
intervals.
This paraglider is not covered by product liability insurance.
Environmental aspects:
The materials of which a paraglider is made require a special waste
disposal. So please send disused gliders back to us. We will care about a
professional waste disposal without costing for you. Please do our nature-
near sport in a way which does not stress nature and environment! Please
do not walk beside the marked ways, do not leave your litter, do not make
unnecessary loud noises and respect the sensitive balance in the
mountains.
Especially at the launch site consideration is needed!