Dudek Nucleon WRC, Руководство пользователя

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during reverse launch, and place one riser over the other, with rear risers
upmost. It should be done this way because once you clip in, the cage of
your power unit will make turning on your own practically impossible. Now
run the pre-launch checklist.
After warming up the engine put the power unit on, turn to face the wing, go
to the risers and clip them in the appropriate carabiners. Pulling on the front
and rear risers open the cells. It is a good idea to pull up the wing briefly in
order to check that the lines are not tangled. Holding the risers, brakes and
throttle as described above, pull the front risers and raise the canopy over
your head.
On most occasions you won’t have have to brake it, especially if the trimmers
are set for fast flight (blue areas). Perhaps it does not agree with our
experience, but when the trimmers are opened (set above “0”), Nucleon’s
reflex profile stabilises the wing and does not allow it to surge forward. It can
even stay behind a little - in such case pull the brakes a little and the glider
will come forward. Once you have it overhead, turn around, open the throttle
and take off.
As with the classic launch, in this case too you have to find such
combination of trimmers, brakes and throttle settings that will give you the
best speed and rate of climb.
Remember:
+ You are launching with your hands crossed. You have to really master
this technique before trying it with a running engine on your back.
+
Any brake operation (or steering inputs in general) should be smooth and
gentle.
+
Do not try to take off until you have your wing overhead. Hitting the gas
pedal before that can cause dangerous oscillations.
+
Do not sit in the harness until you are sure you are flying!
+
The faster the trim setting is, the more brake input is required to take off.
When clipping in the crossed risers, you can find proper connection of the
speed system particularly hard. Be careful not to confuse the risers!
Climbing
Once you took off safely, continue heading against the wind, using brakes to
correct rate of climb. Do not try to climb too steeply - attempts to increase
climb rate by pulling the brakes will have an adverse effect - due to the
additional drag actual rate of climb will worsen, and with the throttle fully
opened open even a stall can happen. In powered flight the Nucleon behaves
more like an aeroplane than a paraglider, and it is good idea to regard it as
such. If there are no obstacles present, it is by far safer (and more impressive
for the spectators) to fly level for a while after take-off and gain some speed
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