Advance acoustic EPSILON 8 23, Руководство пользователя

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Tip: If a brake line were to break you can steer your EPSILON 8
with the rear C-risers if necessary.
Accelerated flight
The EPSILON 8 canopy remains very stable even when accelerated. At
their upper speed range however, paragliders fly at a lower angle of at-
tack, and are generally considered to be less structurally stable at high
speed. Because of the higher forces and energy, collapses at high
speed are more dynamic. See also section “Collapses”.
When encountering strong turbulence while accelerated you should
first release the speedbar completely before applying the brake neces-
sary to stabilise the wing. The high stability of the EPSILON 8 does al-
low you to fly through turbulence while accelerated. When doing this,
active speed system should be used, adjusting angle of attack and
controlling pitch attitude by using speedbar instead of brakes. Pitch
disturbances can then be reduced to a minimum, and better gliding
performance attained.
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When the angle of attack increases ( e.g. wing goes back meeting a
thermal ) the speedbar should be briefly but strongly pushed.
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If the angle of attack reduces ( e.g. wing shoots forward ) the speed-
bar should be released.
Caution: Even though the EPSILON 8 is stable in accelerated
flight you should only use as much speedbar as you feel happy
with.
Tip: Take care not to use speedbar and brake at the same time,
otherwise you will get into the worst possible gliding situation, to
no advantage.
Tip:
For best gliding always choose a speed that takes into ac-
count actual headwind, sink rate and expected quality of next
climb. See also section “Speed system with SPI“.
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