paratech P43 Series, Manual

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To induce a full stall reach your hand through the brake handles (as in holding ski
poles) and grab the ring of the brake handle between your thumb and index finger .
Pull the brakes quickly down until your arms are extended and hold your hands under
the seat board. Finish the full stall only after the glider stabilizes which means, after
the empty canopy is over or slightly ahead of the pilot. Release the brakes and the
P43 will continue its normal flight. The canopy will be slightly ahead of the pilot.
Attention: If the canopy falls behind, for instance at the beginning of the full
stall, under no circumstances should you release the brakes. The result
would be that the pilot ends up in front of the canopy and the canopy behind
the pilot. The next moment the pilot falls, the canopy speeds up and sends
the pilot into a circle over the canopy. In an extreme situation the pilot might
fall into the canopy.
6.7 Emergency Steering
If for any reasons the P43 cannot be steered with the steering lines, the D-risers can
be used for safe steering and landing. The steering movements are much shorter
and steering power is reduced.