SUP’AIR ALTIRANDO 2 RS User manual

SUPAIR-VLD
PARC ALTAÏS
34 RUE ADRASTÉE
74650 ANNECY CHAVANOD
FRANCE
45°54.024’N / 06°04.725’ E
RCS 387956790
User’s manual
RSRS
Revision Indice: 10/02/2015
English version

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Thank you for your choice of a ALTIRANDO2. We are proud to join you on your jour-
ney in our common passion : paragliding.
SUP’AIR has been designing, producing and selling accessories for free flying
activities since 1984. By choosing a SUP’AIR product you benefit from almost thirty
years of expertise, innovation and listening. This is also our philosophy : working
endlessly to develop better products and to maintain a high quality production in
Europe.
We trust that you will find this user’s manual comprehensive, explicit and hopefully
pleasant to read. We advise you to read it carefully !
On our website www.supair.com, you will find the last up to date information about
this product. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask one of our retailers.
And of course, the entire SUP’AIR team are at your disposal through info@supair.
com
We wish you many safe flying and enjoyable hours, and happy landings
The SUP’AIR team

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Introduction 4
Technical specifications 5
Size choice 6
Components 7
Harness overview 8
Backpack mode overall view 9
Installing the seat plate 10
Speed-Bar ready ( Optional ) 12
Foot-rest installation. 12
Rescue parachute setup assembly. 13
Position setting 17
Leaning angle setting 18
Shoulders’ straps adjustments. 18
Chest strap adjustment. 18
Seat depth adjustment 19
Flight behavior 21
Pre-Flight control 22
Take-off 23
In flight 24
Speedbar use 24
Landing 24
Complements/Accessories 25
Wash and care of your harness 26
Storage and transport 26
Lifetime 26
Care 26
Repair 27
Materials 27
Recycling 27
Environmental friendly practices 28
Disclaimer 28
Pilot’s gear 28
Service Book 29
List of contents
Pictures credits : Philippe Vernerey,
SUP’AIR

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Welcome to the travel, hikking and paragliding world !
With the Altirando2 you are equipped with a light but complete product enabling you to widen
any mountain flying experience due to great comfort, a full Air-Bag protection and a reserve
parachute container beneath the seat. It is the perfect harness to thermal up anywhere in the
world...
Introduction
After reading this manual, we suggest you check your harness by hanging in it before flying.
N.B : Three important icons will help you when reading this manual
Advice Caution ! Danger !!

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XS S M L XL
Pilot size 150-165
cm
155-170
cm
165-180
cm
175-195
cm
195-205
cm
Pilot’s weight 45-60 kg 50-70 kg 60-85 kg 70-95 kg 80-110
kg
Harness weight (+ carabiners+speedbar) 3850 g 3900 g 3960 g 4150 g 4260 g
Designed for Paragliding only
Back height (cm) 60 64 68 72 75
Leaning setting height (cm) 37 38 38 39 40
Seat length (cm) 45 47 48 49 51
Seat width (cm) 31 33 35 37 39
Carabiners height (cm) 44 44 44 44 44
Carabiners distance (cm) 39-53 39-53 39-53 39-53 39-53
Impact damping system : Airbag (Volume) Yes
Impact damping system : Bumpair (Thick-
ness) No
Homologation EN 1651 - LTF
Flight : tandem (Pilot- Passenger) possible
Flight : acrobatic flying No
Take-off : Winching Yes
Quick-out carabiners compatibility Yes
Technical specications
Technical sheet
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
Back height (cm)
Leaning setting height (cm)
Seat length (cm)
Seat width (cm)
Carabiners height (cm)
Carabiners distance (cm)
This harness is delivered with two 30 mm Biners ( 138 g. for the set ). An overall
weight decrease is possible to obtain by swapping the Biners with a «Connect»
set ( 24 g. for the set ).

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Choosing your harness’ size is important. You will find here below a height/weight table that will
help you in your size choice. Nonetheless we advise you to try out the harness under a hanging
device and in different sizes at one of our retailers in order to choose the correct size.
For a complete list of our retailers, please click here : www.supair.com
Size choice
M
M/L
L
L/ XL
XL
S/M
S
XS/S
XS
1m45 1m50 1m55 1m60 1m65 1m70 1m75 1m80 1m85 1m90 1m95 2m 2m05
45 kg XS XS XS
50 kg XS XS
55 kg XS S S
60 kg S S
65 kg S S M M
70 kg S M M M
75 kg M M M L L
80 kg M M L L L
85 kg M L L L
90 kg L L XL XL
95 kg L XL XL XL
100 kg XL XL XL XL
105 kg XL XL XL XL
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Rescue parachute handle
Rescue parachute risers
30 mm Aluminium self-locking biner
Reserve parachute handle (AX2-R)
Double stage speed-bar
Foot rest retractable
Components
Option
Label
FLIGHT
DIRECTION
4
5
1
2
3
Dyneema risers
Maillon Rapide ® Inox 6mm (x2)
O-Rings (x2) 6
8
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Harness overview
This illustration will help you during your reading.
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3
4
5
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Automatic ventral buckle
Safe-T-bar (Sup’Air patent A1-1832/981)
Automatic thigh strap buckle
Ventral width adjustment
Leaning setting
Shoulders’straps adjustment
Dorsal Air-Bag with storage com-
partment.
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10
Buckles for foot-rest
Speed system pulleys.
Hiking poles hooking points.
Hydration hose passage.
Air-Bag locking system
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
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10
5
6
3
1
3
1Reserve parachute handle (AX2-
R)

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Backpack mode overall view.
Compression straps.
Hand-rest straps.
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2
3
4
5
7
6
Elastic hiking pole lanyards.
Stretchable netted side pockets.
Adjustable load distribution straps.
Chest strap.
Adjustable waist strap.
8Adjustable chest straps.
Waist strap pocket.
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2
2
Lite pack
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Installing the seat plate

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Speed-Bar ready ( Optional ).
The Altirando² RS is pre-equipped to receive most speed-bar systems found on today’s
market. Within the SUP’AIR accelerator product range, the double stage speed system is
best suited for being light and self-retractable.
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2
1Push the speed-bar line through the
the D ring.
Push the speed-bar line between
the outer webbing side and the
harness skirt.
Push the speed-bar line through the
pulley.
Attach the end of the speed-bar
line to the crimped hook which is to
be connected to the riser’s crimped
hook. Adjust the line length and se-
curely knot it.
ALine.
B
C
Locking hook.
Elastic self-retractable
speed-system.
Self-retracting speed-system: push
the elastic cords through the D ring
to connect them to the metal grom-
mets stitched on the inner sides of
the harness.
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A
C
1
3
A
4
5
C
2
Push through and close the harness
side skirt holding strap into the seat
guide.
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6
Harness seating area inner view.
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E

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Foot-rest installation.
The Altirando2 is pre-equip-
ped to accept a retractable
foot-rest ( A ).
B
B
A
Push the foot-rest strap
through buckle ( B ) located
at the front of the harness’s
side skirt.
Push the elastic under the
guide ( C ).
Wrap and connect the
elastic around the main
strap while pushing it
through buckle ( D ).
Adjust the foot-rest length during
a hang-test and stow away the
straps excess in the elasticated
holder.
C
D
D
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2
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Connecting the risers to the harness
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2
1
2
Rescue parachute Dynee-
ma or standard risers
Webbing loop for rescue
risers attachment
1. Make a lark’s head
between the risers and
the webbing loop for
rescue attachment. 2. Fasten the lark’s head
neatly
3. Neatly stow any surplus risers un-
der the flaps.
Thank you for comprehensively reading the following ! We will recommend you to have your reserve parachute
initially installed by someone competent and familiar with the procedure.
Rescue parachute setup assembly.

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Label
FLIGHT
DIRECTION
C
D
E
Connecting the handle to the rescue parachute’s deployment bag
A
B
Altirando2 RS rescue parachute
handle
Parachute folded according
to manufacturers specification
and in deployment bag.
1. Place the handle inside
the middle webbing loop
and make a lark’s head
knot with the handle.
2. Fasten tightly the lark’s
head knot and verify the soli-
dity of the link.
The handle must be connected to the central
loop, except for large reserve parachute ( use
side loop ). Must be checked at the end of the
installation procedure by gently pulling on the
handle and make certain to disengage both
safety loops held in place by the cable.
Label
FLIGHT
DIRECTION
Label
FLIGHT
DIRECTION
A
B
Connecting the rescue to the Dyneema risers
B
Dyneema risers
Maillon Rapide ® Inox 6mm (x2)
BO-Rings (x2)
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D
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1 / Insert the reserve parachute inside the harness parachute
pocket by opening all the flaps. The POD must be positioned
with the handle at the top with risers and lines at the bottom.
Push the risers through the guiding sleeves ( the risers must
be located behind the parachute ).
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Push a piece of cord through the line loop #1 Push the cord through the grommets 2 and 3 and
pull it to force the line loop through the grommets.
Push the handle’s yellow cable ( front section )
through line loop #1. Then delicately remove the
cord from the underside of the loop.
The reserve parachute pocket volume
is variable in size.You first must adjust its
volume according to that of your reserve
parachute.
The inner flap can have two positions
With the inner flap setting positioned atop
the velcro at the pocket center : the volume is
reduced and will accept the reserve parachute
X-Light.
With the furthest pocket inner flap
setting : the reserve parachute pocket
offers maximum capacity to accept
standard solo parachutes.
Adjustable reserve parachute pocket.
Reserve parachute installation in the pocket.

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Push the handle’s yellow cable ( rear section ) through the
elasticated line and delicately remove the cord.
Close the Cordura flaps over the cable and push them through
to the pocket’s top lid .
Fold the Cordura flap over the handle and insert it under-
neath the handle’s flap to fasten it to the velcros.
Upon setup completion, conduct an
extraction sequence during a hang-test to
verify that all works properly before dupli-
cating the installation procedure again...
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Stow away the yellow cable’s end piece in its protective sleeve. Push the end of the cord through the elasticated loop #4, then
guide it through the grommets #5 and #6
Pull the cord to guide the elasticated line through the grom-
mets.

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5
4
3
6
Loosening strap (leaning setting)
Tightening snapper (leaning setting)
All harness adjustments must be made prior the first flight during a hang-test session. It is of utmost importance
to adopt a proper flying posture, check all basic adjustments and have easy access to in-flight adjustments.
Position setting
Tightening snapper (shoulder
strap)
Loosening strap ( shoulder strap)
Chest strap finger-loop tension tighten-
ing adjustment.
Chest strap finger-loop tension release
adjustment.
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2
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Set the angle of leaning by tightening the snapper (towards a more
vertical position) or the black webbing (towards a more horizontal
position). You can extend the lumbar support by tightening the #5
buckle.
Tighten the shoulder straps by pulling the finger loop down. Pull up
to release. The shoulder straps support, greatly helps the comfort
level. It should be set precisely. You must find the correct tension
between the side and shoulder straps adjustments. When adopt-
ing a reclined flying posture, the shoulder straps must enhance
in-flight comfort levels by supporting the upper back.
Leaning angle setting
Shoulders’ straps adjustments.
tighten
tighten
loosen
loosen
A
B
C
This adjustment is important as it acts on the ABS and the harness overall stability. The tighter the more stable. The
opposite is true while enabling weight-shift steering.
To tighten the chest strap:
Place your left hand in front of and pass the risers to grab the right self-locking Biner.
With the right hand, grab the chest strap finger-loop and pull it to tighten the chest strap.
To loosen the chest strap:
Place your left hand in front of and pass the risers to grab the right self-locking Biner.
With the left arm, shorten the distance between the risers and pull the finger-loop in the opposite direction to loosen
the chest strap.
Chest strap adjustment.

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Seat depth adjustment
Tighten >> upright seating posture :
pull up the seat plate front side, and increase the
seat depth.
Loosen >> reclined seating posture : pull
down the seat plate front side and reduce the seat
depth. This gives the ideal posture to fly with a foot
rest.
Symmectrical adjustment Tighten
Loosen

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Reversible Harness / Backpack.
1 / Completely loosen the backpack’s upper
weight distribution straps or the Air-Bag will be
pinched at the its top section.
2 / Completely unzip the Air-Bag.
3 / Empty the backpack’s content.
4 / Unfold the seat-pate toward the outside.
5 / Zip the Air-Bag and activate the pressure loc-
king system located right onto the harness - desi-
gned to fully close the envelope and ensure its
proper inflation.
How to turn the Altirando2 backpack mode into the har-
ness mode:
1 / Completely open the Air-Bag.
2 / Flip the Air-Bag inside-out.
3 / Place the seat-plate vertically against the back
wall - stow away your gear inside the newly made
backpack.
How to turn the Altirando2 harness mode into the back-
pack mode:
A
A