I don't have a Ventus but on other SH gliders (eg current
Duo and Cobra rigging aid) I find I can only manage
the initial pull out of the first wing if I go to the
tip end and apply upload and oscillate back and forwards.
I have assumed that the spar stub end pins need to
be unloaded in the opposite wing root. When using
the Cobra (like Udo's) rigging aid I wind it up to
give upload and then go to the tip and just lift a
bit more and wiggle the whole lot out the first three
inches or so and then go back to the wing root end
and do the rest from there.

John Galloway


At 15:18 14 August 2003, Stewart Kissel wrote:
I use an Udo rigger and can put my Ventus B together
solo-typically 20 to=
30 minutes from trailer open to finished taping and
control check. Howe=
ver I have been unable to get the first wing out by
myself when putting t=
he ship away. Without someone on the tip to oscillate
the wing, I cannot=
get the spar to start out no matter how hard I pull
on the root. I set =
up the Udo device to take the load off the wing-but
still no luck. Anybo=
dy out there come up with a system to do this?