Advance acoustic EPSILON 8 23, Руководство пользователя

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Caution: The EPSILON 8 was tested in accordance with the
latest certification requirements. In a neutral sitting position, and
after releasing the inside brake, a spiral dive of up to 14 m/s sink
rate recovers by itself. Spirals of higher sink rates can remain in
a stable spiral if weight shift is applied to the inside of the turn.
Weight shift to the outside or pulling outside brake is sufficient to
recover from a high speed spiral.
Caution: The EPSILON 8 is certified for harnesses in group
GH ( without rigid cross-bracing ). Group GX harnesses ( with
cross-bracing ) or those with very low hang points could dras-
tically alter the flying behaviour in the spiral dive. See section
«Suitable harnesses».
Caution:
Do not fly spiral dives or aggressive changes of di-
rection with big ears applied: the raised wing loading carried by
fewer lines can damage the glider.
Stalling
One-sided stall ( spin )
When circling tightly in a thermal the EPSILON 8 indicates early and
clearly, by strongly increasing brake load, the risk of a stall. However, if
a wing reaches its stall point you will feel a marked reduction of brake
load on the inside of the turn. If this happens you must immediately
release the brake lines, so that the EPSILON 8 can return to normal
flight by itself.
If one wing does stall the paraglider will go into a spin/negative rotation
( negative means a wing going backwards ). The EPSILON 8 will react
dynamically. Depending on the situation from which the paraglider
is allowed to fly again the recovery reaction can be quite vigorous
( shooting forward with a raised risk of collapse ). This shooting forward
can be restrained by well-judged braking. Normal flight can then be
resumed without a further collapse.
Tip: Basically, in all out-of-control flight situations, but especially
the onset of a spin, you should immediately release both brakes
fully – hands up!
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