Launching Technique - Team 5 GREEN Betriebsanleitung

The brake must run totally free through the pulley-roller to the brake-handle. The line links must be
checked to be safely screwed shut. Now check the speed system. The foot bar must be absolutely
free and may not shorten the risers during launch or make you stumble.
After you put on your harness check for complete opening of the canopy behind you, make sure all
lines are free, all buckles of the harness are properly closed, the karabiners are properly attached
and if necessary secured. With the right wind conditions and free airspace there is nothing to stop
you from getting airborne.
Takeoff check list:
1. All harness buckles closed? - Helmet put on?
2. Canopy connected? - Karabiners secured?
3. Lines cleared? - Steering lines routed freely?
4. Leading edge open?
5. Free airspace all around? - Headwind?
LAUNCHING TECHNIC
Without much muscle power the GREEN is easy to raise by evenly pulling on the A-risers (both
A-risers should be held on each side). Stretching out your arms behind your back serves as elonga-
tion of the lines up to the shoulders; hands grasp the risers at the level of the line links. The arms
only guide the A-risers without explicitly shortening them.
The GREEN rapidly rises above the pilot without getting stuck or overshooting him. As soon as the
canopy is vertically above the pilot the risers are released and brakes are pulled about 10-15 cm.
This enables you in a smooth, continuous motion to look up and perform a careful canopy check
and - by the way - reduces the required takeoff speed. Additionally, the canopy is stabilized and
protected from load losses (e.g. caused by bumps on the ground). In case of irregularities of the
canopy or the lines you can, depending on launch site conditions, still attempt to correct these,
which is usually done via the brakes. If you do not succeed, the launching procedure has to be
aborted immediately by pumping down one steering line and running out parallel to the slope!
However, when everything is in perfect condition, the GREEN will quickly take off as you continu-
ously accelerate running (increase length of paces not frequency of paces). Lift-off occurs in an
upright position and still ready to run.

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