Fresh Breeze APAX evo, User Manual

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APAX evo user manual
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WARNING: If the canopy has gone back during the full stall, the brakes must be held down,
otherwise the canopy may surge forward and, in an extreme case, end up underneath the
pilot. Hold the brakes down until the canopy is above you again.
Spin
The spin is a stable flight maneuver, in which one side of the canopy stalls, while the other
side continues to fly forward. The glider turns around the stalled side of the wing.
In normal thermal flight, you are not very far from the limits of a spin. If a spin occurs, just let
up the brakes and wait for the glider to surge forward, checking it with the brakes if it surges
too far. Never release the spin if the glider is far back behind you, always try to release it
when the glider is above or in front of you!
Depending on the type of release and the dynamics of the rotary movement, the canopy
may dive forward on one side and collapse asymmetrically. In the case of a longer spin, the
pilot may release the brakes only at the moment when the glider is in its rotary motion above
or in front of the pilot.
If the spin does not stop, check whether you have released the brakes fully, including any
wraps!
Other tips for dangerous situations
Cascade
Many reserve deployments are a result of a cascade of over-corrections by the pilot. Please
note that over-corrections are often worse than no input at all.
Emergency steering (rear riser steering)
If for some reason the brake lines are not working, e.g. if the knot on the brake handle has
come undone or a brake line is defective, the APAX evo can also be steered and landed
using the rear risers.
In this case, stall happens more quickly and the pilot must compensate for the changed
flight behaviour by pulling carefully on the risers.
Flying in the rain
We strongly advise you not to fly in the rain on any paraglider including the APAX evo. If you
do fly in the rain, be aware that you will have a greater risk of entering a deep stall. It is wise
to apply speedbar after passing through rain until you are confident that the glider is flying
normally, and has preferably dried out so that there is no longer any risk of deep stall.
Flying in extremely humid weather or in rain is outside of the operating limits of the glider. If
you are unable to avoid flying in rain, please observe the following:
● it is advisable to fly with slight acceleration during and after the rain (min. 30% or
more)
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use no brake input or as little as possible
● control travel reduces
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