Entry
Keep the brake handles in your hands. Sit up and at the same time take the B-risers. Make sure that
really the B-risers are taken and not the C-risers. This could happen if a pilot incorrectly starts count
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ing from the trailing edge instead of the leading edge of the wing.
NOTE:
The P42 facilitates big ears with special big ear aid (separate
riser with big ear icon).
With the Papillon P42 the B risers are labelled to avoid confusion.
The B-risers are pulled down slowly, thus slowing down the entire paraglider. After a pull of about
15-20 cm the stall occurs. Slowed down like this, the canopy barely falls behind the pilot with an
increasing sink rate.
The Manoeuvre
Look immediately upwards, if the desired B-stall occurred. Then look down to control the loss of
altitude and the area below you. Then alternately look upwards and downwards.
Should an atypical deformation of the canopy occur, immediately release the B-risers and recover
from the manoeuvre. A slight turning tendency is normal, because the manoeuvre often cannot be
initiated 100 percent symmetrical. The wind may also have an influence. If the change in direction
feels unpleasant, just recover and repeat the manoeuvre.
Recovery
By a brisk - but most importantly symmetrical - release of the B-risers, the manoeuvre is terminat
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ed. The canopy dives forward to reattach the airflow and end the stall. Do not prevent this pitching
forward by braking. Pilots with an active flying style tend to stop this desired pitching moment.
The difference of the forward pitching moment after a B-stall and the pitching moment after a
thermal flight is that the paraglider needs to accelerate after a B-stall while it simply swings back and
forth in the turbulences caused by thermals.
