2022 Owner’s Manual Eagle 8 BRIG ltd
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BUOYANCY TUBE
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The buoyancy tube is made of HYPALON (Du Pont registered trademark) coated fabrics.
The buoyancy tube of the boat has of five independent airtight compartments. Each compartment has an inflation valve.
You can see the valve design on the Fig.4.
INFLATION / DEFLATION OF THE BUOYANCY TUBE.
Before inflation it's necessary to set all valves in operating condition. For it open the valve cap (1) (Fig.4), press spindle (4)
(Fig.4) with your finger and rotate it clockwise until the spindle will be fixed in upper position.
Use the supplied pump to inflate the tube. Inflate the tube step by step as shown in Fig. 4a.
Step 1. First fill the two rear compartments to a pressure of 0.1bar (1.45 psi). This is necessary for the partitions (2)
(Fig.4a) to take the correct position
inside the tube.
Step 2. Then fill the two middle compartments to a pressure of 0.1bar (1.45 psi).
Step 3. Then fill the front compartment to a nominal pressure of 0.2 bar (2.9 psi).
Step 4. Fill the two middle compartments to a nominal pressure of 0.2 bar (2.9 psi).
Fig.4
Inflation valve.
1 – cap
2 – valve body
3 – tube material
4 – spindle
5 – spring
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