Flying in turbulence
You can help your glider to avoid different collapses in turbulence - you must fly actively
for it. When the glider pitches forward - use the brakes to slow it, if it goes back - release
brakes. These movements can be symmetric or asymmetric.
Escort-2 is less likely to collapse on closed trimmers.
Let us remind you once again that you should be very careful choosing the weather to fly.
Descent Techniques
Big Ears
While holding the brakes you should symmetrically pull the А’- risers. For directional control
of the glider use the weight shift. When you do big ears, the horizontal speed increases
slightly. In order to return to normal flight, you should release the A-risers and pull the
brakes a few times, if necessary.
Spiraling is not permitted with big ears, because of the increased load on the remaining
lines so that they can be physically deformed.
Spiral dive
When you hold either brake down for a long time, the glider goes into a fast sharp turn and
loses a lot of height. The rotation axis can be somewhere between the pilot and the wing.
The sink rate could be more than 15 m/sec. To get out of the spiral dive you must release the
inner brake. Mind that Escort-2 may take one more turn after releasing the brake.
While spiral diving, the pilot experiences considerable overload up to 3 – 4g, so you can lose
orientation.
