C
ERTIFIED HARNESSES
......................................................................................................... 26
R
ESERVE
........................................................................................................................... 26
R
ECOMMENDED WEIGHT RANGE
........................................................................................... 26
F
IRST FLIGHT
..................................................................................................................... 27
05 FLYING THE SCORPIO .............................................................................................. 28
L
AYING OUT THE PARAGLIDER AND PRE
-
FLIGHT CHECK
............................................................... 28
L
AUNCH CHECK
.................................................................................................................. 28
L
AUNCH
........................................................................................................................... 29
Forwards launch ........................................................................................................ 29
Reverse launch .......................................................................................................... 29
C
LIMBING
......................................................................................................................... 30
C
OUNTER
-
TORQUE OSCILLATION
........................................................................................... 31
C
RUISING
......................................................................................................................... 31
Level flight ................................................................................................................. 31
Turns using main brake ............................................................................................. 31
Turns using the wing tip brake .................................................................................. 32
Using the torque compensator ................................................................................. 32
L
ANDING
.......................................................................................................................... 32
Landing with stationary propeller ............................................................................. 33
Landing with motor running ..................................................................................... 33
F
URTHER TIPS ON PARAMOTORING
........................................................................................ 33
R
APID DESCENT METHODS
................................................................................................... 33
Spiral dives ................................................................................................................ 33
B-stall ........................................................................................................................ 35
Big Ears ..................................................................................................................... 35
06 TYPES OF USE ......................................................................................................... 36
H
ILL LAUNCHES
.................................................................................................................. 36
W
INCH LAUNCH
................................................................................................................. 36
T
ANDEM
/
SOLO USE
............................................................................................................ 36
A
EROBATICS
...................................................................................................................... 36
07 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND EXTREME FLYING ................................................... 37
D
ANGEROUS SITUATIONS
..................................................................................................... 37
S
AFETY TRAINING
............................................................................................................... 37
Material stress and damage ..................................................................................... 38
C
OLLAPSING THE PARAGLIDER
............................................................................................... 38
Asymmetric collapse ................................................................................................. 38
Asymmetric collapse with tangling ........................................................................... 38