SUPAIR Pixair 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 PIXAIR 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 benet 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 info@supair.com
We wish you many safe enjoyable ying hours
and happy landings.
Team SUP’AIR
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List of contents.
Introduction 4
Technical specications. 5
Size choice 6
Components list 7
Equipment overview 8
Accessories assembly. 9
Seat-plate 9
Speed-bar system 10
Foot-rest 11
Installing the reserve parachute. 12
POD reserve parachute handle connection. 12
Reserve parachute/harness connection 13
Reserve parachute characteristics 15
Installing the reserve parachute in its container 16
Gear packing and tips. 17
Adjustments 18
e various adjustments 18
Adjusting the harness 19
Wing/harness connection 20
Inight behavior 21
Flight phases 22
Pre-Flight check 22
Takeo 22
In ight 23
Speed-bar use 23
Landing 23
Using the reserve parachute 24
Towing 24
Mandatory thorough checkup. 24
Maintenance 25
Harness cleaning and maintenance 25
Storage and transport 25
Product longevity 25
Repairs 26
Spare parts. 26
Materials 26
Recycling 26
Warranty 27
Disclaimer 27
Pilot’s gear 27
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Welcome to the paragliding world according to SUPAIR; a world of shared passion.
e PIXAIR was designed for pilots coming out of school or in progression. It brings comfort and peace of mind to pilots experiencing with their
rst XC ( Cross-Country ) ights to discover new horizons!
It was designed with schooling and fun in mind to provide full comfort and a worry free learning curve.
e harness PIXAIR harness was certied EN 1651: 1999 and LTF 91/09
Indicating that it meets European and German safety requirements.
Aer reading this manual we suggest you to check your harness during a hang-test to 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
Pilot size (cm) 155 -175 170 -185 180 -195
Pilot weight (mini - maxi) 60 - 80 kg 65 - 85 kg 70 - 100 kg
Harness weight (+carabiners+speedbar) 3 300 g 3 620 g 3 720 g
Designed for paragliding only
Backrest height (cm)
A
57 64 70
Backrest tilt adjustments (cm)
B
35 37 38
Seat depth (cm)
C
46 47 48
Seat width(cm)
D
35 37 40
Hooking point height. (cm)
E
44 45 46
Length between the hooking points. (cm)
F
36 - 46 36 - 46 36 - 46
Impact damping system: Airbag Ye s
Impact damping system: Bumpair No
Certication Yes : EN 1651 : 1999 and LTF 91/09
Tandem (Pilot or Passenger) Passenger only
Acrobatic ying Ye s
Towi ng Ye s
Reserve parachute pocket volume ( Liters ). 7.5 L
Technical specications
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.
Size
Weight
1m55 1m60 1m65 1m70 1m75 1m80 1m85 1m90 1m95
50
55 S S S S
60 S S S S
65
S S S S
70 S S S M M
75
S M M M L
80
M M M L L
85 L L L L
90
L L L L L
95
L L L L
100
L L L
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«E2» reserve parachute handle. (réf. : POIE2)
Zicral 30 mm carabiners. (réf. : MAILCOMOUS30)
wood seat plate. (réf. : MPPL017 à MPPL019 selon la taille)
Nomenclature
Harness
1
3
4
2
4
3
Options
Retractable 20mm foot rest (réf. : CALEPIEDRETRACT20)
Standard double stage accelerator/speed-bar (réf. : ACCELSOUPLE)
6
7
6
7
1
5
Elastische Kordel für Beschleunigers Rückkehr
5
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Harness overview
Chest strap with automatic buckles.
Safe-T-bar.
Leg strap buckle.
Chest strap adjustment.
Backrest tilt adjustment.
Reserve parachute handle
Reserve parachute pocket.
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
21
3
4
5
7
6
9
10
11
13
14
15
16
1
3
7
6
8
9
10
13
6
Accelerator/speed-bar recoiling cord
17
17
Shoulder straps adjustments.
6
Speed-bar/accelerator pulleys.
Speed-bar/accelerator tube.
11
12
Recoil accelerator/speed-bar “D” buckle.
18
Foot-rest buckle
19
12
18
19
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Seat plate description. :
Front
Rear
Installing the seat plate. :
Wooden seat plate.
Taille S Ref. : MPPL017
Taille M Ref. : MPPL018
Taille L Ref. : MPPL019
Accessories assembly
>> 1. Wooden seat plate
Prole view.
Top
Bottom
Rear
Front
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 ad push it, leading edge rst, all the way
inside the seat-plate pocket.
Bring the leg straps to their original position by pulling them..
Flight direction.
Front view.
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