GIN Fuse pilot User Manual

pilot manual

v1.1, 10/2014

Tandem Pilot

Contents

Thank you... 5

Warning 6

About Gin Gliders 7

Introducing the Fuse Pilot 8

Before you fly 13

Flying with the Fuse Pilot 25

Maintenance and repairs 28

Final words... 31

Technical data 32

Materials 33

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Thank you...

...for choosing Gin Gliders. We are confident you’ll enjoy many rewarding experiences in the air

with your GIN harness.

This manual contains important safety, performance and maintenance information. Read it

before your first flight, keep it for reference, and please pass it on to the new owner if you ever

re-sell your harness.

Any updates to this manual, or relevant safety information, will be published on our website:

www.gingliders.com. You can also register for e-mail updates via our website.

GIN team

Happy flying and safe landings,

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Warning

Like any extreme sport, paragliding involves unpredictable risks which may lead to injury or

death. By choosing to fly, you assume the sole responsibility for those risks. You can minimize the

risks by having the appropriate attitude, training and experience and by properly understanding,

using and maintaining your equipment. Always seek to expand your knowledge and to develop

self-reliance. If there is anything you do not understand, consult with your local dealer as a first

point of contact, with the GIN importer in your country or with Gin Gliders directly.

Because it is impossible to anticipate every situation or condition that can occur while

paragliding, this manual makes no representation about the safe use of the paragliding equipment

under all conditions. Neither Gin Gliders nor the seller of GIN equipment can guarantee, or be held

responsible for, the safety of yourself or anyone else.

Many countries have specific regulations or laws regarding paragliding activity. It’s your

responsibility to know and observe the regulations of the region where you fly.

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About Gin Gliders

Dream

In forming Gin Gliders, designer and competition pilot Gin Seok Song had one simple dream:

to make the best possible paragliding equipment that pilots all over the world would love to fly—

whatever their ambitions.

At Gin Gliders, we bring together consultant aerodynamists, world cup pilots, engineers and

paragliding school instructors, all dedicated to fulfilling this dream.

Touch

We’re a “hands-on” company that puts continuous innovation and development at the centre of

everything we do.

At our purpose-built R&D workshop at head office in Korea, we are able to design, manufacture,

test-fly and modify prototypes all in a matter of hours. Our international R&D team is on hand both

in Korea and at locations worldwide. This guarantees that your equipment has been thoroughly

tested to cope with the toughest flying conditions.

Our own production facilities in East Asia ensure the quality of the finished product and also

the well-being of our production staff.

Believe

We believe that the product should speak for itself. Only by flying can the pilots understand

their equipment and develop trust and confidence in it. From this feeling comes safety, comfort,

performance and fun. The grin when you land should say it all!

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Introducing the Fuse Pilot

The Fuse Pilot has been developed to meet the needs of both professional and leisure pilots.

We have redesigned several key features of the harness to provide a more comfortable and safer

flying experience with the addition of a wooden seat-plate and a newly designed back support

and back pocket.

We have integrated the Getup System for a safer and easier buckle system. This reduces the

buckles and prevents the pilot from forgetting to close the leg straps before launch. The Gin soft

fuse foam back protector has been reshaped for increased safety and a new foam insert was

created for the rescue system. After installing your reserve parachute into the harness you can

place an engineered foam pad on the opposite side to maintain the optimum shape of the

harness in flight.

A larger back pocket has been added to the Fuse Pilot harness for greater convenience. Now

the pilot can store more items out of the way while in flight. Moving storage from the Passenger

harness pocket to the pilot harness will provide for a more comfortable flight. In the event of a

hard landing it is safer for both the pilot and passenger to have these items stored in the rear.

Features like the bilateral rescue option have become staples of our tandem line and have

been carried into the new Fuse Pilot harness. This allows the pilot the choice of the most

convenient side for rescue deployment and the handle is positioned for easy access and rapid

deployment.

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Specifications

Specifications

The Fuse Pilot has EN and LTF certification.

Size

Size

Harness size one size fits all
Weight (kg)*

Delivery package

Delivery package

- Gin soft fuse foam mousse bag protector

- 2 carabiners

- 1 Rescue handle

- Wooden seat plate

- Foam rescue insert

3.0

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Optional Extras

Yeti rescue #50 or #60

Tandem rescue bridle

Fuse Passenger harness

Spreader bar

For up-to-date information on additional accessories, visit www.gingliders.com.

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Components of the Fuse Pilot

Optional left and right side rescue
deployment handle

14cm Gin Soft Fuse foam back protector
(p.12)

GIN carabiners

Wooden seat plate

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