Cleaning; Repairs; Maintenance Checks - Ozone RUSH Betriebshandbuch

If you land in the salt water, you must clean it with fresh water first
and then dry it.
Take care that no insects get packed away with the wing they may
eat the cloth and make some holes in a bid to escape, they can also
leave acidic deposits if they die and decompose.

Cleaning

Any kind of wiping/scratching can damage the coating of the cloth.
We recommend for cleaning your RUSH, you use a soft cloth
dampened only with water and to use gentle movements little by
little across the surface.
Never use any detergent or chemical cleaners
Wing Repairs
Amateur repairs can do more harm than good. Always let a
registered dealer or the manufacturer carry out major glider repairs.
If you damage the sail:
If the rip is small, you can fix it yourself. You'll find all the materials
in the repair kit you need.
On the Gelvenor fabric, because of the silicon coating, the sticky
ripstop will not stick. You will have to use a very thin coat of silicone
glue, available from DIY shops, to stick a piece of Gelvenor cloth on
the tear.
The Porcher Marine fabric can be simply mended with the sticky rip
stop / spinnaker tape.
When cutting out the patch remember to allow ample overlap around
the tear and round the corners of the patch.
You can find more information about repairing your wing on the
Ozone website, including step by step instructions with pictures.
If you damage a line:
Any line that is damaged should be replaced. It is important that the
replacement line is from the same material, has got the same
strength and the same length. You can check its length against its
counterpart on the other side of the wing, to make sure that it is
symmetrical. Once the line has been replaced, inflate and check the
glider before flying. If you do not have access to an Ozone dealer
you can order individual lines at www.flyozone.com(or
www.aerorosport.de if you are from Germany or Austria).
Caring Tips
• Your Ozone wing has got an opening closed using velcro on the
trailing edge of the tip called 'butt hole'. This has been designed
to easily empty all the things which have been accumulating in
your wing (sand, leaves, rocks, mobile phones etc).
• If you fly with a wrap, you should regularly undo the twisting that
appears on the main brake lines. By twisting the line become
shorter and you can end up with a constant tension on the
trailing edge (which can lead to problem on launch, stalling,
glider not flying symmetrically, ...)
• Change your main brake lines ifthey are damaged.

MAINTENANCE CHECKS

Your wing, like a car, should be technically checked to ensure proper
airworthiness.
If you ever sell your RUSH, you should give to the buyer the actual
revision certificat.
Your wing should be checked by a qualified professional for the first
time after 30 months, and thereafter every 24 months.
However, if you are a frequent flyer (more than 80 hrs per year), then
we recommend, that you get your glider checked after every flying
season.
If your glider is used professionally for training purposes or for
professional tandem flying then a complete maintenance check must
be carried out every 12 month.
The checker should inform you about the condition of your glider and
if some parts will need to be checked or changed before the next
normal service check period.
The sail and the lines don't age in the same way : it is possible that
you'll have to change part or all of the lines during your wings life.
This is why it is also important to do a regularly check up to know the
condition of all the components of your glider.
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