SUPAIR ALTIRANDO 3 User Manual

User’s manual

Harness

SUP’AIR - VLD
34 rue Adrastée
Parc Altaïs
74650 Annecy - Chavanod
FRANCE

45°54.024’N / 06°04.725’E

English

Revision index : 07/02/2019

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ank you for choosing the ALTIRANDO3 har­ness. We are glad to be able to share our com­mon paragliding passion with you.

SUP’AIR has been designing, producing and
selling free ying equipment since 1984. By
choosing a SUP’AIR product you benet from
almost thirty years of expertise, innovation and
listening. Our mission statement: research and
develop to constantly enhance our product line.

We hope you will nd this user’s manual com­prehensive, explicit and hopefully enjoyable as
well. We advise you to read it carefully.

You will nd the lastest udated information
about this product on our website www.supair.
com. If you have further inquiries, feel free to
ask one of our retailers for answers. And natu­rally, the entire SUP’AIR team is at your disposal
at [e-mail]

We wish you many safe enjoyable ying hours
and happy landings.

Team SUP’AIR

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List of contents

Introduction 4
Technical specications 5
Size choice 6
Components list 7
Equipment overview 8
Accessories assembly 9
Carabiners 9
Seat-plate 10
Speed-bar system 11
Foot-rest 12
Installing the reserve parachute 13
Necessary equipment 13
POD reserve parachute handle connection 13
Parachute risers – harness connection 13
Parachute risers – reserve parachute connection 15
Reserve parachute characteristics 16
Adjusting the container 16
Installing the reserve parachute in its container 17
Gear packing and tips 18
Adjustments 19
e various adjustments 19
Adjusting the harness 20
Wing/harness connection 21

Inight behavior 22
Flight phases 23
Pre-Flight check 23
Takeo 23
In ight 24
Speed-bar use 24
Landing 24
Using the reserve parachute 25
Towing 25
Mandatory thorough checkup 25
Maintenance 25
Harness cleaning and maintenance 26
Storage and transport 26
Product longevity 26
Repairs 27
Spare parts 27
Materials 27
Recycling 27
Warranty 28
Disclaimer 28
Pilot’s gear 28
Service Book 29

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Welcome to the paragliding world according to SUPAIR; a world of shared passion.
e ALTIRANDO3 targets enthused pilots of all levels.
It was designed with schooling and fun in mind to provide full comfort and a worry free learning curve.

harness was certied EN 1651: 1999 and LTF 91/09
Indicating that it meets European and German safety requirements.

Aer reading this manual, check your harness during a hang-test to fully adjust it before your rst ight.

Introduction

N.B : ree important icons will help you when reading this manual

Advice Caution ! Danger !!

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A

B

C

D

E

F

S M L XL

Pilot size (cm) 155 -175 170 -185 180 -195 190 - 205

Pilot weight (mini - maxi) (kg) 60 - 80 65 - 85 70 - 100 90 - 120

Harness weight (+carabiners+speedbar)(g) 3 710 3 750 3 810 3 890

Designed for paragliding only

Backrest height (cm)

A

57 64 70 75

Backrest tilt adjustments (cm)

B

35 37 38 41

Seat depth (cm)

C

46 47 48 50

Seat width (cm)

D

35 37 39 41

Hooking point height. (cm)

E

44 45 46 47

Length between the hooking points. (cm)

F

40-53 40-53 40-53 40-53

Impact damping system: Airbag Ye s

Impact damping system: Bumpair No

Certication Yes : EN 1651 : 1999 and LTF 91/09

Tandem (Pilot or Passenger) Passenger only

Acrobatic ying Ye s

Releasable carabiners No

Towi ng Ye s

Reserve parachute pocket volume ( Liters ). (L) 7

Technical specications

A

Backrest height.

B

Backrest tilt adjustments.

C

Seat depth.

D

Seat length

E

Hooking point height.

F

Length between the hooking points.

Characteristics

Harness size

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Choosing your harness’ size is important. You will nd here below a height/weight table to help you with your size choice. With its hammock archi­tecture and reclined ying posture, we advise you to try out the harness during a hang-test rst at one of our retailers location to choose the correct
size.

For a complete list of our retailers list click here : www.supair.com

Size choice

Preliminary hang-test.

S

M

L

XL

Size

Weight

1m55 1m60 1m65 1m70 1m75 1m80 1m85 1m90 1m95 2m00 2m05

50 kg S
55 kg S S

60 kg S S S S

65 kg S S S S

70 kg S
75 kg M M M

80 kg M M L

85 kg M L L
90 kg L L L

95 kg XL XL

100 kg XL XL XL

110 kg XL XL XL XL

120 kg XL XL XL XL

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6

2

Zicral 30 mm carabiners

Nomenclature

Harness

1

2

Options

Standard double stage accelerator/speed-bar
(réf. : ACCELSOUPLE)

6

7

7

3

Double stage accelerator/speed-bar (réf. : CA­LEPIEDRETRACT20)

«ALT3» reserve parachute handle

carbon ber seatplate

4

4

1

3

5

elastic cord for speedbar return

5

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Harness overview

Chest strap with quick release buckles

Safe-T-bar

Leg strap buckle

Chest strap adjustment

Backrest tilt adjustment

Reserve parachute handle

Reserve parachute pocket

Reserve parachute paragliding main hooking points

Reserve parachute hooking points

AIRBAG

AIRBAG air intake

2

1

3

4

5

7

8

9

10

13

14

Radio and small storage pocket

15

Back storage pocket

16

Speed-bar/Accelerator recoiling cord

17

Shoulder straps adjustments

6

Speed-bar/Accelerator pulleys

Speed-bar/Accelerator tube

11

12

Recoil Speed-bar/Accelerator “D” buckle

18

Foot-rest buckle

19

2

1

3

4

5

6

8

10

11

12

14

15

17

18

19

6

7

99

10

13

19

Volume adjustment zipping panel

20

1

3

16

20 20

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Accessories assembly

1. Carabiners

Zicral 30 mm carabiners.

Compatible carabiners:

Réf. : MAILCOMOUS30

21

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Accessories assembly

2. carbon ber seatplate

Seat plate description.

Front

Rear

Installing the seat plate.

Carbon ber seat-plate

Size S Réf. : MPPL005
Size M Réf. : MPPL006
Size L Réf. : MPPL007
Size XL Réf. : MPPL008

Prole view.

Top

Bottom

1. Face the harness. Grab the upper layer end of the seating area and pull it toward you.

Reach inside the seat-plate pocket and pull the leg straps rearward to give enough room to
insert and sandwich the seat plate between them.

2. Sandwich the seat-plate between the leg straps and push it, leading edge rst, all the way

inside the seat-plate pocket.
Bring the leg straps back to their default length by pulling them forward toward the front of
the seat.

Flight direction.

Front view.

Flight direction.