GRAZ
hopper
Version 8.0 Owners Manual
Updated January 2013
©2006-2013, Airparamo LLC www.airparamo.com www.grazhopper.com
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benefits, maintenance, care and exact use of owning and deploying a reserve. An
excellent way to gain this knowledge is through a reserve clinic, which can offer much
assistance in the set-up, use, and maintenance of reserves.
6.
Care & Storage
The ideal place to store the GRAZ
hopper
is in a
cool, dry, dark location, such as a garage. To
clean your GRAZ
hopper
, use a mild cleaner and
degreaser and rinse thoroughly and generously
with water. Be sure to dry any excess water on
the GRAZ
hopper
after washing. You can also
use finish protecting or polishing products to
clean, seal, protect, and beautify the finish.
7.
Upgrades & Options
The GRAZ
hopper
has several upgrade and add-
on kit options, as listed below. Please contact
your product dealer or Airparamo LLC for more information on this or other upgrades.
•
Launch (A-line) Assist Kit.
An upgrade kit that includes lines and hardware that
connects to your A risers to the roll bar to help with inflations. For pilots with any
shoulder injuries, this Launch Assist Kit is the difference between a pleasant takeoff or
an excruciatingly painful one.
•
8
½
” or 6” convex mirror
to help better check and manage the paraglider on
inflations.
•
Wheel upgrades.
The standard wheels are the 12” Wheeleez wheels. Upgrades can be
done to the rear wheels only, by increasing the size to 16” or 19”. The larger wheels
offer better suspension over rough terrain and a higher ground clearance to better
handle tall grass, brush, deep sand, or larger rocks.
•
Transport Platform.
A convenient,
lightweight accessory to help transport a
fully assembled trike and motor on the back
of a regular 2” receiver hitch. With this
accessory a pilot can show up at a launch
site with a fully assembled trike and motor
unit and be ready to fly in minutes.
•
Tandem upgrades
. The GRAZ
hopper
can
be flown in single or tandem versions.
Converting the GRAZ
hopper
to tandem
involves adding the optional passenger foot
peg and hardware and a passenger harness.
There is also the option of adding a second
set of webbing straps and carabiners for the
tandem hang point. Tandem operations require a powerful motor with a strong cage and
a tandem sized wing.
NOTE
:
For tandem operation, special FAA recognized instructor certification is required.
Contact Airparamo LLC for details on this.
•
Hang Glider add-on upgrade
. (In development, not yet available) The GRAZ
hopper
can be modified to accept a lightweight, slower hang glider wing. This new development
offers an extraordinary flexibility in design to accommodate a single powered trike that
can handle paragliders and hang gliders using the same motor unit.
•
Pilot Stick Control.
(In development, not yet available) An upgrade kit that allows the
pilot to operate their paraglider much like a fixed wing aircraft is operated. The stick
control is located between the pilots legs and controls the paraglider steering and flare
control using a series of lines and pulleys.
