Precision Aerodynamics Pl 3001, Руководство пользователя

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angles of (often “half-brakes”) as it will
but the sink rate is close to the
and a
“landing” be accomplished at this and sink
rate.
“Half-brakes” is acheived with the steering
halfway down, at shoulder or slightly below.
This is the flight attitude to maintain in bumpy air or at
any time you are of conditions in the air or on
ground landing.
Our ability to turn the ram-air canopy safely is limited I
J
by the altitude available to the turn; there must
be enough altitude. But the penalty for steep sudden turns
is always degraded Performance. Many ram-air pilots are injurer
seriously due to turns performed too close to the ground.
should make it a rufe never to turn more than gently (for
sake of corrections) when we are than 200 or
feet from the ground.
Turns are possible at any gliding and those
a t g l i d e w i l l t h e g r e a t e s t d e g r a d a t i o n o
perf ormance. Those performed at lower will result
turns as as of an increase in sink rate.