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Active piloting
Active piloting is the ying technique that will help you y with greater safety and enjoyment.
It means ying in coherence with the wing, along with pendular movements, pitching and rolling axes, and anticipating actions in order to
stay in control and safe.
If the air is smooth the wing feedback can be minimal, but in turbulence feedback is continuous and needs to be constantly checked by
the pilot.
Such reactions become instinctive in good pilots.
In order to get the best performance from the wing, the pilot should try to control it through small brake inputs and weight-shift, rather
than constantly being present on the brakes.
A small movement early is more ecient than a big brake movement later to control the wing.
The more you let the glider y at trim speed, the better performance you will get out of it.
The objective of active piloting is to get the glider to y smoothly through the air with a stable position above the head, and controlled angle
of incidence.
Your paraglider is highly resistant to collapse without any pilot action at all, but learning how to y actively will increase this safety margin
even further.
Substitution steering commands
If you are unable to activate the brake control, you can control your wing using the D risers.
To make a course change, grab the D riser on the side you want to turn and pull it down.
Be careful that piloting with the D risers must be carried out with caution: stall occurs more quickly than when piloting with the brakes.
Descent in 360° turns
To initiate a 360° turn, ensure that the airspace is clear, lean on the inside of the turn then gradually operate the control on the desired side.
The wing will accelerate gradually, regulate the rotation speed using the brake.
To exit the rotation, return to a neutral position in the harness and gradually raise the control of the inner side of the turn .
You can slightly brake the outer side to accelerate the exit.
Be careful that too drastic an exit will result in a large pitching up then down, that will need to be controlled.
This manoeuvre causes a great centrifugal force, which can have physical consequences on the pilot and the passenger : disorientation,
temporary loss of vision (black veil).
In accordance with the EN B certication, the FORCE has no tendency to neutral spiral and comes out of rotation autonomously.
Big Ears
Big Ears is a rapid descent technique, because it decreases surface area and increases sink rate.
In order to use this technique on the FORCE, grab the A’ risers. Pull gradually on one of the two, until the wingtip collapses.
It is better to engage one ear at a time. To maintain Big Ears for a long time, you can use the blocker system located on the D risers.
When using the blocker system, be sure to anticipate the reopening by releasing the blocker line.
B risers descent
This manoeuvre is very physical (even impossible) to carry out with a tendem. We advice against using this method of rapid descent.
Aerobatic manoeuvres
The FORCE is not designed for aerobatics.
Any extreme or repeated aerobatic maneuvre can damage your wing.
INFLATION AND FLIGHT TECHNIQUE RAPID DESCENTS :
ALTERNATIVE METHODS
