manual TECNO
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> index warning & liability ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6 construction & materials ––––––––––––––––––––––– 6 certification –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7 best glide –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7 flight ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 8 -- launch ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9 -- strong wind –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9 > thermal flying –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9 > flying in turbulence –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9 -- asymmetric tuck –––––––––––––––––––––
> congratulations Congratulations on the purchase of your new paraglider The TECNO is a very versatile wing and has been designed for all types of recreational flying, from long cross country and competition flying, to relaxing smooth evening and morning soaring flights.
> warning & liability This manual has been created to give the pilot help and hints to help with 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 suitable ability and enough experience to safely fly the TECNO.
-- cloth The upper and lower panels are made with 45 gr. Porcher Marine Skytex nylon. The ribs are made with stronger (slighly heavier grade) nylon of to prevent aerofoil deformation, even after several years of intensive use. Rib (cell wall) reinforcements are made of Dacron 310-180 gr. Line attachment points are made of polyester. -- lines The lines are made of Superaramid kevlar covered with a polyester sheath for protection against wear, UV and abrasion.
- With around +25 km/h of head wind, best glide is obtained with 75-100% accelerator. When flying downwind (wind from behind) the best glide is obtained between 0% brake and 10% of brake. The TECNO is a DHV 2 accelerated but using the accelerator system close to the ground is not advisable & it should be released as soon as turbulent air is encountered. Note that the glide angle is not affected by the wing loading, but that the security is.
-- launch 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. Choose an open space free of any obstacles, especially trees and power lines. Connect risers to your harness making certain that your karabiners are fully closed & you have no twists in the risers.
stronger and sometimes unpredictable and more difficult to handle which can lead to unstable situations such as collapses. There will always be some level of turbulence associated with thermals. If you progress at a nice steady rate, and keep safe, you will find thermal flying will become a pleasure. With qualified instruction you will actually learn faster, learning how to optimise your thermal skills.
When flying, a front tuck may occur while leaving a strong thermal, or more often while using the speed system in turbulent air, or sometimes whilst flying down-wind of another paraglider & being 'waked' by the wing tip vortices of the glider and turbulence 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.
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. > weather to fly If in doubt whatosoever about the weather and flying conditions, then do not launch! Before going flying you should check the weather forecast & always ask more experienced pilots about the conditions expected for the day.
enter a spin in this way. Ease off on the inside brake, and weight-shift 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. Always remember that whilst in the Spiral dive you are drifting with the wind, and it is very easy to become disorientated. This manoeuvre is not approved for bank angles higher than 60 º. At this upper limit the sink rate of the canopy is approximately 10 m/s and the overload is equal to 2G's.
er 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. > maintenance When folding the glider, we recommend to put reinforcements one above each other in order to avoid that they might suffer any kind of deformation. Store the paraglider in a dry space away from chemical agents, UV light and high temperature.
TECNO | technical specifications | datos técnicos | Size / Talla XS S M L Area / Superficie (m2) 23,21 25,3 27,1 29,15 Projected area / Superf. proy. (m2) 20,51 22,4 24 25,85 Span / Envergadura (m) 11,5 11,96 12,41 12,88 Project. span / Env. proy. (m) 9,3 9,79 10,16 10,56 Aspect ratio / Alargamiento 5,7 5,7 5,7 5,7 Project. aspect ratio. / Alarg. proy. 4,4 4,4 4,4 4,4 Max .chord / Cuerda máxima (m) 2,5 2,61 2,7 2,8 Min.
TECNO L 289 289 1 289 289 348+20 1 280 2 2 142 280 508,5 280 496 280 492 498 158 166 3 132,5 114 282,5 282,5 282,5 282,5 3 4 123,5 166 5 258,5 258 258 259 4 6 114 207,5 7 517,5 248 5 513,5 248 517,5 248 530,5 8 95,5 248 106,5 166 9 94 6 248 248 247 245 10 90.
TECNO M 279 1 279 279 279 327+20 1 480 270 474.5 270 478 270 490.5 2 2 137 127.5 270 152.5 160 3 272 272.5 272.5 272.5 3 4 119 160 5 4 249.5 248.5 249 6 249.5 110 110 200 7 499 5 239 495 239 499 239 509.5 239 8 102.5 92 9 90.5 160 200 6 239 239 238 236 10 87.5 160 11 84 7 139.5 139 139 139.5 12 90 200 13 87 145.5 8 124.5 446 143.5 125 445 146.5 125 446 188.5 9 66 187.5 66 16 67 66.5 189.5 194 15 78 442 154.
TECNO S 269 1 269 269 269 315+20 1 147 463.5 2 260.5 458 260.5 461.5 260.5 473 260.5 2 132 123 3 154.5 263 263 263 263 3 4 115 154.5 5 106 4 6 240.5 240 240 241 106 193 7 481.5 5 230.5 478 230.5 481.5 230.5 89 8 230.5 491.5 99 9 87.5 154.5 193 6 230.5 230.5 229.5 228 10 84,5 11 81 154.5 7 134.5 134 134 134.5 12 87 193 13 84 141 8 120 120.5 9 64 181 182 430.5 430.5 138.5 120.5 428.5 183 65 16 64 63.5 429.5 141.5 183 149 15 75.
TECNO XS 258 258 258 258 1 305+20 1 249,5 249,5 249,5 126,5 2 2 249,5 453,5 442,5 439 444 141 118 148 3 3 4 252 252 252 252 110 102 148 5 4 6 230,5 230 230 231 102 185 7 95 461,5 221 458 221 461,5 221 471 221 5 8 85,5 84 9 148 221 221 220 6 10 81 218,5 185 78 11 148 129 7 128,5 12 128,5 129 83,5 13 80,5 185 8 115 412,5 135 132,5 115,5 412 409 115,5 135,5 143 72,5 114,5 14 74,5 274,5 9 67 16 62,5 179,5 61,5 175,5
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