User Manual

Fritz Building Instruction December 2020
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9. NOTES FOR USE
Things Fritz hates:
- Starting with backwind. With the bungee it is possible, but not when starting with the hand.
- Flying through turbulances, for instance behind trees. You have to be quick to do this without getting
problems.
- Flying into a lee side. With enough speed it is possible, but keep care.
- Landing on the wingtips. Pay attention during landing. The wing has to be always parallel to the ground. His
wingtips are strong but he doesn´t like landing on them.
- Laying too long in the sun without covers. Or laying long in a sun heated car during summer.
Fritz is a flying wing, due to that he has not so much aerodynamic stability as the normal configurations. So keep in
mind that he needs always a little bit more airflow around his wings to feel good.
9.1 Starting with a bungee
This is a very simple and safe way to start. Just hook in the bungee, hold the Fritz at the trailing edge and then
stretch the bungee as long as you can hold the Fritz at the trailing edge. When you release Fritz, the wing should
be in level and the elevator should be slightly pulled. The first flights I always started with the thermal flaps position
to avoid touching the ground. But then you have to push down soon when he gets into a very steep climb. Till now I
didn’t try starting without the thermal flaps position. Maybe it also works without.
We used the rubber (without rope) of the “Bungeeset HLG plus“ from EMC Vega.
We hope you have a lot of fun flying your Fritz. Keep care of him and he will be a good friend for a long time.
Best wishes,
Markus & the PCM Team