SUP’AIR Skypper Manuel utilisateur

SUPAIR-VLD

PARC ALTAÏS

34 RUE ADRASTÉE

74650 ANNECY CHAVANOD

FRANCE

45°54.024’N / 06°04.725’ E

Revision Indice 20130416 EN

User’s manual

Thank you for your choice of a SKYPPER. We are proud to join you on your journey in our

common passion : paragliding.

SUP’AIR has been designing, producing and selling accessories for free ying activities

since 1984. By choosing a SUP’AIR product you benet from almost thirty years of exper-

tise, innovation and listening. This is also our philosophy : working endlessly to develop

better products and to maintain a high quality production in Europe.

We trust that you will nd this user’s manual comprehensive, explicit and hopefully pleas-

ant to read. We advise you to read it carefully !

On our website www.supair.com, you will nd the last up to date information about this

product. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask one of our retailers. And of

course, the entire SUP‘AIR team are at your disposal through info@supair.com

We wish you many safe ying and enjoyable hours, and happy landings

The SUP’AIR team

Introduction 4

Technical sheet 5

Technical specications 5

Size choice 6

Nomenclature 7

Harness overview 8

Storage and attachments 9

BUMPAIR assembly 10

Cockpit assembly 11

Rescue parachute pocket characteristics 12

Connecting the handle to the rescue parachute‘s deployment bag.12

Rescue parachute assembly 12

Placing the parachute in the rescue parachute pocket 13

Connecting the rescue parachute : Y risers 14

Connecting the rescue parachute risers : standard risers 15

Speedbar assembly 16

Position setting 17

Speedbag angle setting 18

Leaning angle setting 18

Shoulders’ straps adjustment 18

Flight behavior 19

Pre-Flight control 20

Take-off 21

Entrering the Speedbag 22

In ight 23

Speedbar use 23

Landing 24

Throwing the reserve parachute 24

Complements/Accessories 25

Wash and care of your harness 26

Storage and transport 26

Lifetime 26

Care 26

Repair 27

Materials 27

Recycling 27

Warranty 28

Disclaimer 28

Pilot’s gear 28

Service Book 29

List of contents

Pictures credits: joël FAVRE, SUP‘AIR

Welcome to the world of the SKYPPER,a world of performance, comfort and precision. You have

in your hands a complete yet light harness that will take you to longer and higher ights. Well tted

in your seat, you will be able to follow all the movements of your glider with an outstanding precis-

ion and for your biggest delight. With the SKYPPER (re)discover the pleasure to sail the sky.

Introduction

After reading this manual, we suggest you check your harness by hanging in it before ying.

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

Advice Caution ! Danger !!

Model SKYPPER

SKYPPER

Pilot size (cm) 145-170 160-190 170-195 185-205

Pilot’s weight (kg) 50-60 50-75 55-90 85-110

Harness weight (all included,kg) 5.345 5.445 5.545 5.645

Designed for Paragliding only

Back height (cm) 59 60 62 65

Leaning setting height (cm) 30 30 30 35

Seat length (cm) 45 45 46 46

Seat width (cm) 35 35 36 36

Carabiners height (cm) 45

Carabiners distance (cm) 36-46

Speedbag length (cm) 95 101 109 111

Impact damping system : Airbag (Volume) No

Impact damping system : Bumpair (Thic-

kness)

Yes - 15 cm

Homologation EN 1651 - LTF

Flight : tandem (Pilot- Passenger) No-No

Flight : acrobatic ying No

Take-off: Winching Ye s

Quick-out carabiners compatibility Ye s

Technical specications

Technical sheet

Hauteur du dos

Hauteur réglage de

l'inclinaison du

dossier

Longueur d'assise

Largeur d'assise

Hauteur des points

Distance entre les

points

Back height (cm)

Leaning setting height (cm)

Seat length (cm)

Seat width (cm)

Carabiners height (cm)

Carabiners distance (cm)

Speedbag length (cm)

Size

Weight

1m45 1m50 1m55 1m60 1m65 1m70 1m75 1m80 1m85 1m90 1m95 2m 2m05

100

105

110

Choosing your harness’ size is important. You will nd here below a height/weight table that will

help you in your size choice. Nonetheless we advise you to try out the harness under a hanging

device and in different sizes at one of our retailers in order to choose the correct size.

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

Size choice

M/L

L/ XL

S/M

XS/S

810

Speedbar

Rescue parachute handle

Rescue parachute risers

O rings (x 2)

Maillon Rapide® Inox 7

mm(x 1)

Zicral 30 mm carabiners(x2)

Bumpair 15 cm

Footrest

Unique size

Nomenclature

Cockpit

10 seat plate

Harness overview

This illustration will help you during your reading.

Automatic ventral buckle

Ventral width adjustment

Safe-T-bar (Sup’Air patent A1-

1832/981)

Automatic thigh strap buckle

Leaning setting

Shoulders’straps adjustment

back pocket

feet glide part

Speedbag length setting

Footrest

Speedbag closing buckles

Rescue parachute handle

rescue parachute pocket

Harken® Pulleys

lumbar support

Speedbag leaning adjustment

Storage and attachments

back pocket

Elastic webbings for microphone holding

Poche dorsale de rangement

Poche interne pour poche à eau

Poche interne pour ballast

(8 litres)

Poche latérale

Passage évacuation ballast

Elastiques de maintien de exible

radio

Cockpit

Internal pocket for water bladder

Internal pocket for ballast (8 litres)

Lateral storage pocket

Ballast outlet

Cockpit

BUMPAIR assembly

open the zipped dorsal pocket

open the internal zip (U shape)

Push the BUMPAIR forward and con-

trol the following points:

The top of the BUMPAIR must be

palced inside the red «hood».

The bottom of the BUMPAIR must be

palced inside the red «hood».

The BUMPAIR has to be placed only once, there is no need to re-

move it from its location except in the case of a hard impact. In this

case, please verify its integrity.

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