Advance acoustic XI 21 Bedienungsanleitung

Edition 1 / 08_2018

Manual

Content

Thank you for ﬂying ADVANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About ADVANCE ...........................................5

XI – Allround Tourer..........................................6

Pilot requirements ..........................................7

General advice about paragliding...........................7

Handle with care ...........................................8

Getting started.............................................9

Delivery ..............................................9

Basic settings..........................................9

Speedsystem with SPI ..................................10

Suitable harnesses.....................................13

Weight range .........................................14

Flight characteristics .......................................16

Takeoff ..............................................16

Normal ﬂight..........................................18

Turning ﬂight..........................................18

Accelerated ﬂight ......................................19

Steering by the Pitch-Control-System ......................20

Collapses ............................................21

Rapid descents .......................................22

Stalling ..............................................24

Landing .............................................25

Flying with a wet paraglider (risk of deep stall) ................26

Winching ............................................26

Acrobatics ...........................................27

Tandem ﬂying .........................................27

Packing .................................................30

Maintenance and checks....................................32

Maintenance..........................................32

Check...............................................33

Repairs..............................................34

Disposal .............................................34

Repairs and disposal .......................................34

Techniccal details..........................................36

Materials used ........................................37

Certiﬁcation ..........................................38

Service..................................................39

ADVANCE Service Center ...............................39

The ADVANCE website .................................39

Registering your product ................................39

Warranty.............................................40

Wing parts ...............................................41

Line plan ................................................42

Instructions Bowline Knot ...................................44

Installation instructions Softlink ...............................45

Congratulations on your choice of XI – a quality product from

ADVANCE. We are sure that you will spend many rewarding hours in

the air with it.

The user manual is an important part of the glider. Here you will ﬁnd

instructions and important information about safety, care of the glid-

er and maintenance, and that’s why we recommend that you read this

document carefully before your ﬁrst ﬂight.

receive product updates or safety-relevant information about the XI di-

rect from us. This information can also be downloaded from our web-

site on www.advance.ch. The latest version of the manual as well as

additional information can similarly be found on

www.advance.ch.

We wish you a lot of enjoyment with your XI, and always «happy

landings».

Team ADVANCE

Thank you for flying ADVANCE

ADVANCE is a worldwide leading paraglider manufacturer based in

Switzerland. Since its founding in 1988 the company has continued to

follow its own policies and ideas in both development and production.

The result is fully-ﬁnished products with distinctive characteristics.

The team of experts behind the ADVANCE brand share both the pas-

sion for and conﬁdence in their ADVANCE products. At home in the air

themselves, they bring valuable personal experience and dedication to

the workplace.

Thorough checking of the production process and supervision of the

working practices in ADVANCE’s own factory in Vietnam guarantee

high quality work. A long-standing relationship with cloth and line man-

ufacturers means that ADVANCE know-how ﬁnds its way directly into

the development of new materials.

ADVANCE place great importance on after-sales service, and have a

well-developed worldwide service network. A continuous exchange

of experience with customers keeps new knowledge ﬂowing in, which

has an inﬂuence on ADVANCE products – and so the «Circle of

Service» is completed.

About ADVANCE

Leave your own track behind and have your own story to tell: a new

route in a new area, your ﬁrst bivouac ﬂight, a globe-trotting trip wi-

th your paraglider as baggage, long distance from a walk up or an eve-

ning Hike & Fly from a lonely summit. Your creativity is unlimited – XI.

Light with performance

The XI combines a light weight from 3.4 kg with outstanding perfor-

mance and the passive safety of a high end B wing. Pitch control by C

risers with partial B level inﬂuence provides convenient active ﬂying du-

ring accelerated ﬂight.

Full function

The XI is a fully-functioning paraglider. Despite its light 27 and 32

Skytex cloth it is robustly built, and has Sliced Diagonals and Leading

Edge Wires inside, as well as short C-Wires. In fact it has all the state-

of-the-art technologies; like all ADVANCE paraglider models.

Universal

The XI was conceived as an allround talent and is happy wherever you

are happy: Hike and Fly, traveling, long cross countries and bivouac ﬂy-

ing - of course. Extreme versions? Why not? The XI can do it, but it’s

up to you! You set the limits.

XI – Allround Tourer

As a XC-Intermediate the XI is only suitable for the practised ther-

mal pilot who has, at least, carried out some cross country ﬂying and

acquired the necessary feeling for a glider in active air. He ﬂies actively,

can recognize and prevent collapses at their onset, and can carry out

the normal fast descent manoeuvres. Only if these requirements are

met will he will be able to make full use of this wing’s performance po-

tential, and ﬂy cross country relaxed and safe.

General advice about paragliding

Flying a paraglider calls for appropriate training and a sound knowl-

edge of the subject, as well as, of course, the necessary insurance

cover and licence. A pilot must be able to correctly assess the weath-

er conditions before taking off. His or her capabilities must be ade-

quate for the paraglider used. The paraglider pilot is also required bear

a sense of responsibility towards the natural world, especially regard-

ing the preservation of wildlife and landscape.

Wearing an adequate helmet, suitable boots and clothing, and the car-

rying of an emergency parachute are essential. Before every ﬂight all

items of equipment should be checked for damage and airworthiness.

A proper pre-takeoff check must also be carried out.

Every pilot bears sole responsibility for their participation in the sport

of paragliding. Neither the manufacturer nor the seller of a paraglider

can guarantee or be held responsible for the pilot’s safety.

Pilot requirements

Handle with care

The ADVANCE XI is designed to be as light as possible for its speciﬁc

areas of use. This places signiﬁcant demands on those who use and

look after it. The owner should become very familiar with the product,

its qualities and requirements. Because of its specialised materials and

construction the XI can suffer wear and damage if it is carelessly or ig-

norantly used.

The XI should never be dragged over the ground. Pointed and sharp

objects such as stones or twigs can damage the lines and fabric.

ADVANCE recommend that you choose your takeoff surface carefully.

Caution: ADVANCE considers it important that you are aware

of and respect the XI’s lightweight materials. The XI will provide

long-term enjoyment, but only if you look after it carefully.

Getting started

Delivery

Every ADVANCE paraglider has to be ﬂown by the dealer before deliv-

ery to check for correct settings and trim. The dealer ﬁnally enters the

date of the ﬁrst ﬂight on the type placard fastened on a rib at the cen-

tre of the wing. This entry conﬁrms that defects in the product that can

be attributed to manufacturing faults are covered by the ADVANCE

warranty. Register your paraglider under www.advance.ch/warran-

ty, and beneﬁt from the ADVANCE warranty for three years. See under

“Warranty” in the “Service” section.

Delivery of a XI includes a COMPRESSBAG, a repair kit, a mini-wind-

sock and a «Getting Started» booklet.

Basic settings

At delivery the basic set up of the XI will be the original trim situation

that the ADVANCE test team found to be best. Certiﬁcation was al-

so gained in this condition. Any alterations or changes to the par-

aglider, such as altering the line lengths or ﬁtting different risers or

quicklinks, will result in a loss of the glider’s certiﬁcation. See section

«Certiﬁcation».

Adjusting the brake lines

The length of the brake lines has been set at the factory so that, with

hands fully up, the trailing edge remains unbraked in accelerated

ﬂight– ( no crease in the wing ). Basically, this setting should be kept.

If the brake line length does have to be reset there should be 8 -10 cm

(depending on the glider size) of initial free brake line movement be-

tween the brakes fully released position in unaccelerated ﬂight, and

that point where the lines ﬁrst affect the trailing edge. We recom-

mend a bowline knot for attaching the handles. See illustration in the

appendix.

Speedsystem with SPI

Optimal cross country glide between two thermals requires an on-

going choice of glider speed as a function of current headwind compo-

nent, expected next climb quality and the inﬂuence of sinking air. The

XI speed (accelerate) system has a Speed Performance Indicator (SPI)

which helps the pilot make this choice of ideal speed-to-ﬂy. Three posi-

tions are indicated on the back of the rear risers: neutral/0 %, 50 %

and 100 %. Depending on the relevant parameters the chosen SPI po-

sition can be accurately set. A red marker on the front riser serves

as an accelerate indication.

Info: Thanks to its high stability the XI can be ﬂown in accelera-

ted condition in light turbulence without problem. The choice of

accelerated speed for best glide does play an impor-

tant role for this high performance glider.

Each of the XI SPI positions has an icon with a value for headwind, ex-

pected climb and sink rate. These indicated positions are effective for

only one of their three values, taken in isolation – considered by itself.

This means that either the headwind, or the expected rate of climb, or

the sink rate applies to that position. The SPI principle is based on the

simple (using headwind and sink) and the extended (including expec-

ted climb rate) McCready Speed-To-Fly theory.

SPI at 0 %/ indicates neutral position (no accelerate).

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