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visually inspect the loops and the stitching on the leading edge.
The lines should be regularly checked when packing.
Flying with weight shift and brake
To fly in Acro a nice long program will require precisely control impulses. "Less is
more" is the motto for a well designed wing loading from 5.3 kilograms per square
meter surface. Thus, the NIKITA 2 reacts to every little impulse control. It is
sufficient to exert gentle pressure to the thigh on the seat.
Also during the maneuvers should be a more "neutral" posture lead to the best of
success. To initiate a dynamic satellite maneuvers meet short and harmonious
control deflections.
Accelerate (using Speed System)
At the maximum load reached in the fully accelerated NIKITA 2 state more than
60 km / h. In turbulent conditions, the speed system should be used selectively
and with feeling.
Attention: Please pay attention that the glider will not be pre-accelerated,
while the accelerator is loosened, when the acceleration ropes
are set too short.
It makes absolutely no sense - it is even dangerous - at the same
time speed and braking. Due to a lower angle of attack in
accelerated flight, the front part of the wing becomes more
sensitive to turbulence. By simultaneously braking is now
shifting the lift in the rear of the wing and the front part of the
wing unnecessary burden.
Thermaling
Despite the high wing loading can thermaling with NIKITA 2 be fun. The art is to
keep the wing flat as possible, but still fly very tight radii. Suffice it a slight weight
shift to the inside of the curve.
Who is not pressed when turning the outer brake, will find themselves in a spiral
dive. Only about the outer brake the wing is prevented from drilling in the deep.
Who controls this technology can do in good conditions, long thermal flights.
Acro in thermals
In moving air the behavior of the cap is unpredictable. Already the firing behavior
of a full stall-Exit at the entrance of a thermal can not be predicted. Depending on
where the cap currently experiencing an updraft, a downdraft or wind shear, the
start-up to be completely different.
If you at the end of a beard, you should be able to fly at least 15 seconds straight
without being caught by the next turbulence. In this "quiet" air package you can
already start with a maneuver.
Attention: In general, you are discouraged from aerobatics in turbulent air.
