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 asym-
metric.
Scout 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. 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 be-
tween 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 Scout
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.