Flying With A Wet Paraglider; Winching - Advance EPSILON 6 Série Manuel D'utilisation

Caution: Steep turn reversals lead to strong swinging of the
pilot, and should not be done near the ground.
Caution: Braking will reduce your speed and increase your
sink, but it will certainly seriously restrict your ability to ma-
noeuvre.
Caution: Getting below minimum speed leads to stalling: this
should unquestionably be avoided when top landing, and on
final approach.
Caution: Never let your glider fall to the ground on its leading
edge. The overpressure so caused inside the wing can rip
the cell walls and damage the leading edge.

Flying with a wet paraglider

Flying with a wet glider creates the risk of deep stall. Deep stall is
often the result of a combination of factors. The weight of the wet
canopy goes up, and this increased weight increases the angle of
attack, which always puts the glider nearer the deep stall limit. Added
to this, water drops on the top surface have a detrimental effect on
the laminar flow of the boundary layer near the leading edge, which
distinctly reduces the maximum lift coefficient. If the wet glider is also
being flown at its lower weight limit there is a further small effect
in increasing the angle of attack, as well as there being a lower
airspeed because of the reduced wing loading.
In order to avoid the risk of deep stall with a wet glider the wing
should be braked as little as possible, and big ears not employed
at all. As a further preventative measure apply moderate (25-40%)
speed bar. All these measures have a small effect on reducing the
angle of attack.
Should the wet glider get into deep stall, recovery can only be
achieved using the speed bar. See also section «Deep stall».

Winching

The EPSILON 6 is very suitable for winch launching, which is also
permissible in nil wind.
Winching is only approved if:
Germany/LTF);
paragliders.
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