manual IMPULSE
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> congratulations The IMPULSE has been designed for new paraglider pilots, in their early stages of learning to fly, who wish to progress with their paragliding safely for many years to come. All of our years of paragliding design experience have gone into making a glider with an excellent balance between great security and easy handling, which are essential features of a wing when you start to fly.
> warning & liability This manual has been created to give the pilot help and hints for the correct operation of this wing. By no means is this a substitute of a training course, or appropriate experience gained with years and hours of airtime, nor is this manual intended to give pilot s knowledge regarding flight safety. assumes that the purchasing pilot has the appropriate pilot's licence, has taken a training course, and has the ability and enough experience to safely fly the IMPULSE.
of intensive use. Rib (cell wall) reinforcements are made of Dacron 310 &180gr. Line attachment points are made of polyester. -- lines The lines are made of Kevlar covered with polyester sheath for protection against wear, UV and abrasion. The lower section of the brake lines is made from Dyneema. This material is less prone to failure after repeated use through the brake pulleys. The riser karabiners, also called quick links, are made with stainless steel of 800 Dan.
Note that the glide angle is not affected by the wing loading, but that the security is. Always fly a glider that is the correct size for you, and remember that if your flying weight is below the stated minimum, the speed range will diminish and inflation problems may appear. Also the handling will degrade in turbulent conditions, and it will be easier to sustain collapses.
Open your glider in a slight horseshoe arc (semi-circle) & thoroughly check that you have no knots or line twists. Make sure your helmet is securely fastened & clip into your harness making sure all straps are securely fastened. Connect risers to your harness making certain that your karabiners are fully closed & you have no twists in the risers.
a pleasure. With qualified instruction you will actually learn faster, learning how to optimise your thermal skills and deal correctly with unstable situations such as collapses, rapid descent manoeuvres, stalls ands spins, and so you will get far more from your flying. With the correct technique & qualified instruction the pilot can learn to help stop collapses by flying “actively” & recover the wing more quickly, by the giving the correct input, when collapses occur.
er paraglider & being 'waked' by the wing tip vortices of the glider and wake turbulence of the pilot. Remember, the pilot can learn to help stop collapses by flying 'actively', but if a front tuck does occur it will easily clear itself. Re-inflating the wing can be helped by correct pilot input and, once the glider is overhead, symmetrically applying 40 % of both brakes & then releasing immediately will get pressure back in to the glider and speed up the recovery.
The flight is not finished, and the pilot is never fully safe, until the glider is safely controlled on the ground. Avoid letting the glider land on the leading edge. If the glider lands with force on the leading edge it is possible to burst the inner cells and walls of the wing and you should carefully examine the wing for any damage to the joining of the ribs to the cells.
To recover, release the outer 'A' lines & the IMPULSE will return to normal flight. -- spiral dive The Spiral dive is performed by starting a series of 360 degrees turns, gradually pulling one brake harder and harder and weight shifting into the turn. Pull more inside brake, and weight shift harder, for a faster spiral dive. Ease off on the inside brake, and weightshift less hard, to regain level flight. Like this, the pilot can control the bank angle and the sink rate of the glider in the Spiral dive.
unnecessary load on the glider. Raise your hands during the release always. If necessary, control the surging forward of the canopy by gently braking when the glider is in front of you. Do not brake too hard as you may cause the wing to enter a full stall in this way, and let the brakes back up as soon as the surge has stopped.
IMPULSE technical specifications Size XS S M L Area (m2) 25,51 28,35 30,38 32,49 Projected area (m2) 23,71 25,36 27,18 29,06 Span (m) 11,36 11,75 12,17 12,58 Project. span (m) 9.53 9,86 10,21 10,55 Aspect ratio 4,8 4,8 4,8 4,8 Project. aspect ratio 3,8 3,8 3,8 3,8 Max .
IMPULSE XS-S-M-L A-1 B-1 C-1 D-1 1 2 A1-R B-1R BR-1 4 BR-2 CD3-M D-2 C-2 B-2 A-2 3 CD1-R CD2-M CD1-M BR-0 A-3 B-3 5 C-3 D-3 BR-3 6 A-4 B-4 C-4 7 A2-R B2-R 8 A-5 B-5 C-5 D-5 9 A-6 B-6 10 C-6 D-6 CD7-M CD8-M 14 15 B-9 A-9 A2-M C-9 CD9-M D-8 BR-12 BR6-M BR-13 17 18 BR-16 BR-15 B4-R A-11 B-10 B-11 C-10 C-11 C-12 A-10 16 BR-14 C-8 B-8 A1-M A-8 13 B3-R A3-R 11 12 A-7 B-7 C-7 D-7 CD3-R BR-11 BR-10 BR5-M BR3-R BR4-M BR-9 BR-8 BR2-R BR3
A ç B CD CD B A ç A B C D =525 mm A=425 mm B=455 mm C=525 mm D=525 mm
IMPULSE flight log size date site duration flight details
IMPULSE | francisco rodríguez · 7 | 33201 g i j ó n | spain | p.o. box · 269 33280 | | p# · +34 985 357 696 | fax · +34 985 340 778 | | email · info@windtech.es | web · www.windtech.
