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Wing Repairs
Amateur repairs often do more harm than good. Always let a regis-
tered 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.
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
Caring Tips
• Your Ozone wing has an opening closed using velcro on the trail-
ing edge of the tip called the '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 sym-
metrically, ...)
• Change your main brake lines if they are damaged.
MAINTENANCE CHECKS
Your wing, like a car, should be technically checked to ensure proper
airworthiness.
Your wing should be checked by a qualified professional for the first
time after 12 months, and thereafter every 12 months. However, if
you are a frequent flyer (more than 80 hrs per year), then we recom-
mend, that you get your glider checked after every flying season.
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. We recommend that
the check up is carried out by a qualified professional.
You are responsible for your flying kit and your safety depends on it.
Take care of your equipment and have it regularly inspected. Changes
in a wings flying behaviour, are also indicators of the gliders aging,
if you notice any changes you should have the wing checked before
flying again.
These are the basic elements of the check up (full details and per-
missable figures can be found on our website):
Porosity is measured with a porosity meter, the time taken by a
certain volume of air to go through a certain surface of the cloth. The
time in seconds is the result. A measurement is done in a several
places on the top surface along the span of the glider behind the
leading edge.
The tearing resistance of the cloth - A non-destructive test following
the TS-108 standard which specifies minimum tear strength for sky
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