During check flights conducted by the DHV on 16th June 2007, irregularities in the flight characteristics of a Nova RA M were revealed that are not present in the DHV test example of this paraglider. It has been determined that incorrect trimming of the paraglider with incorrect line lengths are the reason for this behavior. A check of production data for the RA made by Nova has shown that several paragliders in this series, constructed between January and April 2007, have been sold with incorrect trimming, not as set in the DHV test example. The serial numbers of these gliders are:
35395, 35359, 35406, 35356, 35402, 35290, 35601, 35613, 35240, 35239, 35284, 35355, 35484, 35510, 35297, 35238, 35407, 35232, 35360, 35584, 35233, 35421, 35610, 35596, 35277, 35511,
35545, 35237, 35597, 35514, 35608, 35276, 35361, 35593, 35245, 35590, 35587, 35639, 35282
35423, 35542, 35540, 35422, 35549, 35452, 35242, 35405, 35585, 35358, 35539, 35615, 35546
35673, 35228, 35244, 35353, 35646, 35641, 35614, 35515, 35536, 35583, 35197, 35543, 35553
35279, 35453, 35229, 35541, 35547, 35588, 35289, 35629, 35586, 35605, 35672, 35538, 35420
35404, 35604, 35594, 35235, 35591, 35616, 35805, 35600, 35592, 35548, 35513, 35295, 35357
35230, 35125, 35054, 35140, 35129, 35720, 35122, 35157, 35138
35165, 35053, 35159, 35136, 35123, 35124, 35130
Nova have contacted the purchasers of the above canopies on 2nd May 2007, with details on the necessity of a correction to the trimming. As it has become clear that not all owners have either corrected the trimming differences, or been contacted by Nova.
In agreement with Nova, the DHV has issued the following safety notice:
The above listed paragliders must have their trimming corrected before they may be flown again. Some of the above paragliders may be corrected by their owners, others must be returned to Nova. All owners of Nova RAs with the above listed serial numbers should immediately contact Nova for details on their particular paraglider.
The above listed paragliders may not be flown until the trimming has been corrected.
Should the corrections contained in the safety notice issued by Nova on 2nd May 2007 already have been applied, then these paragliders are not referred to in this notice.
Nova offer all owners of RA M paragliders a free trimming check, which is independent of this safety notice.
Nova Vertriebs GmbH
Bernd-Höfel-Str. 14
A- 6020 Innsbruck
Phone: 0043-512-361340
Fax: 0043-512-361342
www.nova-wings.com
info@nova-wings.com
Gmund, 17.06.07
Klaus Tänzler
Managing Director, DHV
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