Sky Country MUSCAT-3, User Manual

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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 move -
ments can be symmetric or asymmetric.
Let us remind you once again that you should be very careful
choosing the weather to fly.
Descent Techniques
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 re -
lease the inner brake. Mind that Muscat-3 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.
B-stall
When you need to lose height quickly because of the sudden wors -
ening of the weather, risk of entering a cloud, etc, we recommend
you B-stall.
Holding the brakes you take B-risers near the connectors. Forcefully
but not suddenly, pull down the risers 25-30 cm and hold them as
long as necessary. The wing gets a fold along the entire B-row and
sinks at a rate of 8-10 m/sec. In order to return to normal flight sim -
ply release the B-risers and your Muscat-3 will get out of the B-stall
with a small front dive. You can use the brakes once the horizontal
speed is gained. Muscat-3 does not normally tend to go into deep
stall once the B-risers are released. If this does happen (possibly for
bad adjustment or under-loading), you should either pull the B-
risers or swing the wing with the brakes.