GIN Verso User Manual

pilot manual

v2.0, 03/2014

Reversible airbag
harness

Contents

Thank you... 5
Warning 6
About Gin Gliders 7
Introducing the Verso 8
Before you fly 12
Flying with the Verso 27
Maintenance and repairs 30
Final words... 33
Technical data 34
Materials 35

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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 Verso.

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.

Happy flying and safe landings,

GIN team

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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 Verso

The Verso is a reversible airbag harness with carbon seat plate and underseat rescue container.
The Verso offers comfort, safety and convenience in a compact, lightweight package. The Verso is
well-suited to leisure pilots, hike ‘n fly pilots and travellers, yet is comfortable enough to be used
on long cross-country flights.

The Verso is a sleek and easy harness, designed for maximum comfort and ease of use. The
elegant design focuses on simplicity, eliminating the need for complicated adjustments.

The overall geometry of this harness has been designed to enable the pilot to move
comfortably and freely, enabling an easier, fast run for take-off and landing.

Leg and chest straps are integrated into the “T-bar system” to prevent the pilot from falling
out of the harness if he forgets to fasten the leg straps.

The safety has also been improved on the 2nd generation Verso by a pre-inflation system
for the airbag. Medical grade titanium wire has been used to ensure that the airbag is partially
inflated at all times, even on take-off when the pilot has their back to the wind. The rescue
container has also been reshaped to allow easier deployment, particularly under high G forces. The
re-designed rescue handle is easier to reach at all times.

These developments ensure that the new Verso is a worthy sucessor to the previous Verso, one
of the most popular reversible harnesses on the market.

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Specifications

The Verso has EN and LTF certification.

Size XS S M L XL

Pilot height (cm) under 165 160-175 170-185 over 180 over 180
Weight (kg)* 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.3

* - weight does not include rescue handle, top cover, optional footbar, carabiners

Delivery package

1 Harness convertible to rucksack

1 Carbon seat plate

2 Carabiners

1 Rescue handle and 2 lengths of line to help close the harness rescue container

1 Rucksack top cover for helmet or extra loose item storage.

Airbag back protection

The Verso is a harness with a built-in airbag. The airbag helps to absorb the force of an impact
by allowing air to dissipate progressively. This protects the pilot as much as possible in the event
of an incident, but it cannot completely eliminate the risk of injury. The Verso back protection is EN
/ LTF certified.

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Optional Items

Footbar with quick release system

The optional footbar with quick release system consists of a footbar with a specially designed
rescue handle. In the event of a reserve deployment, the footbar is automatically released. This
is to eliminate the possibility of the footbar interferring with the reserve. Please see the “Before
you fly” section of this manual for details of installation and adjustment of the optional footbar.

We recommend that you do not use other types of footbar with the Verso.

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Rescue parachute

The Verso is designed for use with a GIN rescue parachute, such as the One G or Yeti Rescue.
Every first installation of a rescue system into the harness (that means every new combination of
harness and rescue system) must be checked by a qualified paragliding professional. This is called
a “compatibility check”. In this compatibility check you, the pilot, must always sit in the harness
hanging from a simulator and deploy the rescue from the harness container. This check must also
be done each time after the rescue has been repacked and re-installed.

Speed bar

The Verso is compatible with all common types of speed systems. We produce a range of
speedbars, please see www.gingliders.com for details.

Flight deck

The Verso may be fitted with a flight deck, allowing easier viewing of instruments and/or
carrying of ballast, please see www.gingliders.com for details.

Other Accessories

For up-to-date information on additional accessories, visit www.gingliders.com or contact your
local GIN dealer or the distributor in your country.

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