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Storage and transport
Store your loosely packed glider in a cool (10-25°C) and dry
(< 60% humidity) place. Hot car boots or damp basements
lead to damaging of the cloth.
A paraglider should always be dry when packed, but this is
particularly important after the last flight of the season.
But even a completely dry wing should still be stored open
in a dry, clean and dark place.
If you do not have room for such winter storage we
recommend you open all compression straps on the bag
as much as possible and leave the bag open so that air can
circulate around the packed canopy.
Make sure no vermin make their sleeping quarters in your
wing, and keep it well distant from solvents and acids.
Petrol and other petrochemicals are especially abrasive for
nylon and will damage the cloth if allowed near.
High temperatures in combination with moisture are a
particularly volatile mix that will accelerate the hydrolysis
process where the fibres and the coating are decomposed.
