Brake Lines - Ozone OCTANE FLX Betriebshandbuch

YOUR OCTANE FLX
The original Octane was the grandfather of all freestyle wings, re-
defining handling, feel and energy and making acro accessible to the
mainstream. The Octane FLX follows this classic design bringing it
bang up to date to cope with all of the latest manoeuvres.
The Octane FLX is a compact and easy to use acro wing, with the
well balanced co-ordination needed for clean SATs, big wing-overs and
enough energy for tumbles combined with the pitch stability needed
for gentle recoveries. The Octane FLX is the perfect freestyle wing
that is capable of all tricks but certified to a high level of safety,
comfortable to fly and forgiving enough to help you progress with
confidence.
T echnical Innovation
44 cells with full diagonals, 4 riser lines and 4 lines per side and
no middle gallery lines: all for ultra high durability. More lines and
more attachment points are necessary for heavy use and frequent
high G loadings, this also results also in very small angles in the line
cascades, reducing the deformations in the sail and making the wing
tighter and more efficient in manoeuvres. The overall line length (dis-
tance from pilot to wing) is relatively high for stability in the helicop-
ter and energy for tumbles.
The Aspect Ratio and planform are balanced to be high enough for
performance and tumbles but low enough to be compact, forgiving
and to have a low chance of cravats during spin tricks such as Mc
twists, Misty flips and Helicopters etc.
Ozone also introduce 'Leaky Butthole Technology' (LBT) –
an improved butthole system with an added sock which
can be pulled from the tip to keep it permanently open,
allowing the debris to flow out when you're playing in
sandy areas.
This is the most fun wing that Ozone have ever produced but it has
also been designed to be flown normally, with a low minimum sink rate
perfectly good for thermalling and enough glide for XC flights; you can
go far and have fun at the same time!
Forgiveness is as important as energy in an acro wing and the
Octane FLX has the balance; ease of use and certified with a high
level of safety, a combination that makes freestyle progressive and
enjoyable.
We hope you have as much fun flying this wing as we
have had developing it!
Bag
The bag has been especially designed for the Octane FLX. It is light
in weight, comfortable and useful (padded hip belt, ergonomic and ad-
justable shoulder straps). It has a large volume that will allow you to
store all your kit, whilst still being comfortable for hiking. We've also
added some pockets on the side and on the top, handy for all those
easily lost accessories.

Brake Lines

The brake line lengths have been set carefully during testing. We feel
it is better to have slightly long brake lines and to fly with a wrap
(one turn of line around the hand). However, if you do choose to ad-
just them, please bear in mind the following:
• Ensure both main brake lines are of equal length.
• If a brake handle has been removed, check that its line is still
routed through the pulley when it is replaced.
• When the brake handles are released in flight, the brake lines
should be slack. There must be a substantial "bow" in them to guar
antee no deformation of the trailing edge.
• There must be a minimum of 10cm of free play before the brakes
begin to deform the trailing edge. This prevents the trailing edge from
being deformed when using the speed system.
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