howt

ocont
rol
afl
exwi
ngt
ri
ke

Tur
naf
lexwi
ng

Landi
ntur
bul
ence

Fl
ythr
ought
urbul
ence

Landi
nagal
e

Getoutofaspi
ral
div
e

Recov
erf
rom ast
all

Landi
nashor
tfi
eld

Takeof
ffr
om awetgr
assyf
iel
d

Fl
yeconomi
cal
l
y

Pr
e-t
ake-
offcheck

Landcr
osswi
nd

Take-
offcr
osswi
nd

NotdoaWi
ngov
er,
whi
pst
all
ort
ail
sli
de
Tur
naf
lexwi
ng

Tur
naf
lexwi
ng

I
faf l
exwingistoturneff
icient
ly,
theangl ebetweentrikeandwi ngneedstobe90degrees.In
otherwordsthesameasi ti si
nlevelfli
ght.Itf
oll
owst hatthemostef f
ici
entandsmoothest
turnwil
lbewherey ouhavechuckedt hetri
keoutbyjusttherightamounttokeepthe90
degreesthr
oughoutt het
urn.The' chuckingout'i
sofcour sedonebycent r
if
ugalf
orceswingi
ng
thetri
ketotheoutsideoftheturnlikeaballonast r
ing.

I
nor dertomaket het r
ikeswingoutther
earetwot hi
ngsy ouneedtodo( aswellasbankingthe
wingt hati s).Fi
rstlyi
thelpsifyougainali
tt
lespeedbyent er
ingashall
owdi ve,
thenoncey ou
havei nit
iatedthet urnbypushingthebarlef
torri
ght,youneedt opushthebarslight
lyfor
ward.
Oh, andatt hi
spointtweakt hepowerupjustatouchtopusht hetri
keroundthecur v
e.This
takesabi tofpracticeunti
lyoucant i
meitri
ghtandappl yj
usttheri
ghtamountoff orward
pressureandpowerf orthesteepnessoftur
n.Butgeti tri
ghtanditf
eelslov
ely.
Landi
ntur
bul
ence

Landi
ntur
bul
ence

It
'snotsobadasy outhink.When( if
)youcangetcl osetothegroundtheturbulenceusually
diesawayqui t
eabi tast heai
rsti
ckstot hegroundandyouf i
ndyoursel
ffloati
ngr easonably
smoot hlyingroundef f
ect .I
fyoucanf eeli
t'
sgoingtober oughasyoucomei nt hencomei n
withsomepower-may be4000r evsuntilv
erylat
e.Thishast woadvantages-y ouar edri
vi
ng
throught hecrap,andy ouhaveinstantpowertoclimbawayanddoagor oundi fyouarenot
happy .Andt hekeyt hi
ngt orememberi syoucangor oundasmanyt imesasy oul i
ke.Itmaybe
embar rassingintheclubhouseaf t
erwardst ohavegoneround4t i
mes, butnothal fas
embar rassingaswr eckingyourair
craft
.

Makesureyouknowwhatt heoptimum airspeedisforyourwing.FortheBl

adeit'
s55mph.
Thatmeansy ouhavemaximum cont rolovertheair
craf
t'
sbehav i
ourat55.Ify
oucomei nat48
i
twillbemuchlessresponsiv
e( samesor tofargumentappli
est o60mph).Thethi
ngthatwil
l
cat
chy ououtisahugegustt i
ppingyourwi ngsothatonetipcatchesthegr
ound.Wheny ouare
50ftabovethegroundyoucanheav et hetri
keroundasmuchasy oul
i
ketogetherli
nedupand
l
evel,
butyoucan'tdothat15feetfrom theground.

Bett
ert
omakemor egent
lecorrect
ionsandi
fy ouaregett
ingtil
tedt
oomuchthenappl
ypower
,
cl
imbawayandgoround.Eventual
lyyouwil
lmakeanappr oachbet
weengustst
hatl
etsy
ouget
downto7or8feetwi
thwingslevelandyoucanlethersettl
eont ot
herunway
.(Remembert
o
ki
llt
hepoweri
fyouhaveusedapower edapproach.
Fl
ythr
ought
urbul
ence

Fl
ythr
ought
urbul
ence

Itseemsbesttohaveaheav yt
ri
ke(passengerorball
ast
)andtotryandflyatthewi
ng'
sdesign
speed-inthecaseoftheBladethi
sis55mph.I fyouhavethewashoutsetatnormal(
Idon'
t,
becauseyoucanincr
easespeedwi thi
treduced),
yourpi
tchwil
lstabi
l
isemor equi
ckl
yand
withoutsomuchmanual i
nput.

Washouti stheamountofupt urnont heendsofy ourwi ngs-thinkofi

tli
ketheupturned
feat
hersonapi geon'
swi ngsort hoseofasoar i
ngbi r
dofpr ey-t hemoreuptur
nthemor est
able
thefl
ight,buttheslowert hebir
dwi l
lfly(youwon' tseeswi f
tsorswal l
owswithwashout).when
youarel ear
ningy ouneedt hetri
ketosor tit
selfoutasqui cklyaspossibl
eevenifthi
smeans
sacr
ifi
cingabi tofcrui
singspeed.Asy oubecomemor eexperiencedyoufi
ndy ourbrai
nmaking
thecorrecti
onsaut omaticall
ybutitcanst i
llbequitetir
ing.

I
fit
'sther
mall
yinducedt
urbul
ence,y
oucantr
ycli
mbingtothecloudlay
eraslongasi
t'
sbr
oken.
Abovethecl
oudsy ouwi
l
lgeneral
lyf
indi
tassmoothassil
k-ifali
tt
lecold.

Ifi
t'
swi
ndtur
bulencecomi
ngov
erhi
l
lset
c,i
t'
sabi
tmor
epr
obl
emat
ic.Youshoul
dbeabl
eto
cli
mbabov
eit.

Br
ianMil
ton(whofl
ewroundthewor
ldi
nat r
ike)sai
dthatheusedt
ofightt
okeepthetr
ikel
evel
al
lthet
ime,buti
ntheendj
ustwentwi
ththefl
owandt hetr
ikeal
wayssort
edit
sel
fout.

Themoreyoudoi
tthemorer
elaxedyoubecome.Thi
smeanspushi
ngy
our
sel
ftot
aket
het
ri
ke
outi
ncondi
ti
onswherey
ouarecurr
entl
yrel
uct
ant.

Bearinmi ndt hatyourair

craf
tisdesignedt owithstand3t i
mest heforcesthatcanbei nduced
byturbulence.Howev eryouasthepilotcant heoreti
call
yoverl
oadthest ructur
ethr
ough
viol
entl
yt ryi
ngt okeeptheplanelevel
.Thi scanonl yreall
yhappenify ouendupi ncl
oudi na
thunderstorm -sodon't.Thermal t
urbulencemi ghtfeelbadbutisn'
tdanger ous.Turbulence
causedbyst r
ongwi ndsintheleeofar angeofhi ll
s,canbemor ev i
olentandmor edanger ousi
f
downdraf tsexceedthemaxi mum climbr ateofy ourair
craf
t.
Landi
nagal
e

Youcanlandafl
exwi
ngi
nsur
pri
singl
yst
rongwi
nds.I
t'
sjustoncey
ouar
edownt
hatt
he
probl
emsbegi
n.

Obv i
ousl yanyonecangetcaughtoutbywor seningconditi
onsonacr oss-country.Ify ouar e
reasonabl ysurethatyouhav eflowni ntolocal
isedstrongwi nds,youcanal waysgobackt oy our
start
ingpoi ntwher epresumablyyout ookoffinsensibleconditi
ons.Ofcour sey oudon' talway s
knowi fthewi ndhasst artedhowling-i tcanbeaper f
ectl
yfineday ,butthewi ndmi ghthav e
pickedupt o40mphwi t
houtyour eali
singit.Ifyouhav eaGPSy oucanspott hisst rai
ghtaway
asy ourspeedov erthegroundwi l
l varydramat i
cal
lycompar edtoy ourai r
speed( bewar ethough,
thismi ghtnotbet hecasei fyouhav ehi tastr
ongcr osswind,butint hiscasey ouwi llfi
ndy our
machi necr abbi
ngmar kedlyi
ntothewi nd)
.Ify ouareflyi
nganol dXLandy oucan' taffordaGPS
youcant elli
fit
'sa40mphheadwi ndf rom yourshadowont hegr ound. .
.itwil
l begoi ng
backwar ds!

Obv i
ouslyi
fy ourspeedov
erthegroundinsayaBladehasdroppedt ounder20mphy oumay
haveapr oblem.Youcandooneoft wothi
ngsFir
stlyt
ryandfindoutfrom yourdest
inat
ion
whatt hewindspeedatgroundlev
el i
s,i
tmightbemarkedlyl
ess.Secondl yyoucanturnround-
you'l
lmakei thomei nnot
imeatsomet hi
ngli
ke85mph.I font heotherhandyourground
speedhasgoneupt ot
hehigh80'
sor90s,youhavemor eofapr obl
em, asit
'sgoi
ngtobequi t
e
afightgett
ingbackhomeandt hatiswherethestr
ongerweatheriscomi ngfr
om.

Soyougettoy ourdest i
nationandt herei sa35mphgal ebl owing.Whatdoy oudo?Fi r
stl
ytry
andgetsomei nformat i
onont her adio.Secondlylookatt hesur r
oundingarea.Isitfl
atgr
ound
wheret
hewi ndi scomi ngfrom, becausei fsoit'
sli
kel
yt obest eadyev eni
fit'
sstr
ong.Now
makesomeexpl orat
orycircuit
satabout1200t o1500f eetAGL( I'
m assumingthisisa
micr
oli
ghtsi
ter atherthanGat wick).Ist her
ear unwayt hat'
sdirectl
yintowind-i
fsogr eat
.If
noti
stheregrassoradi susedrunwayt hatisdir
ectl
yintowi nd.Thei mport
antthinghereisthat
youdonotneedmuch-r emembery ourlandingspeedinr el
ati
ont othegroundmi ghtbeonly20
mph.Youcoul dbedownandst oppedi n30t o40met res.

Oncey ouar
eont hegroundDONOTTURN.Keeppoi ntingint
owind,andi
fyouhav
eenough
runwaykeepyourwinglevel
(iti
smostst
abl
einthisposit
ion)
.Ifyouarel
andi
ngonashortbit
,
pullt
hebarinassoonasy ouarerol
l
ingi
nastr
aightli
ne.Youwi l
lbeamazedhowqui
ckl
yt hi
s
stopsyou.

Fi
nall
ykeepsi
tt
ingl
ikethi
sontherunwayi
ntowi
ndunti
lei
therthegal
ebl
owsitsel
fout,
orat
l
easttwopeopl
espotyourpl
i
ghtandscurr
youtt
owalkyourwingin.Donott
rytotaxi
inacr
oss
a35mphwi nd-youwil
lendupwit
hsomeexpensiv
erepai
rs.
Landi
nashor
tfi
eld

Landi
nashor
tfi
eld

Thegreatthri
llofourty
peofair
craf
tisthei
rshor
tfi
eldtake-
offandl
andi
ngabil
i
ty.Whatf
ixed
wingair
craftcanarri
veover
headthefiel
dat2000feetandspiral
downtolandi
nabumpy
grassyf
iel
donl y80orahundredmet r
eslong.

Wel lf
irst
lycomingi nst eepf r
om di rectl
yov erheadisnotnecessarilyagoodi deai nashortfi
eld,
asy oumaybet ravel
lingt oof astasy ouar ri
ve-andt hismeanst hatyouwi l
l floatonbeforeyou
touchdown.Ar el
ati
v elyshallowappr oachmay be10%sl owerthany ouwoul dnor mal
lycomei n
i
sbest-anysl owerandy oucoul druni ntodiffi
cult
yifyouneedt ogoar ound, orchange
direct
ion( t
hewingi sr eall
yqui tediffi
culttocont r
olatsay10%abov estall
speed) .Aimt otouch
down1/ 3ofthewayi ntot hefield,anylessandy oumightrunintohedgepr obl emsifyouhitany
sink.Assoonasy ougetdown, pullthebarhar di nandthedragcr eatedbyt hedown- pointi
ng
wingwi llsl
owy oudownqui temar kedly .Usey ourbrakes-ashar dasy oulikei ft
heyarerear
wheel brakesbutwi thgr eatcar eifit'
saf rontwheel pr
imiti
veki
ndl ikethePegasusXL.

Whatf act
orsmi ghtcauseyoupr oblems.Fir
stl
yveryli
ghtwindswill
meany ourspeedrel
ativeto
thegroundwi l
lbehighandy ourconsequentgroundrolll
onger.Secondlygrassisbett
erthan
tarmac-longgrasswi l
lslowy oudownqui t
equickl
y.Ifyouaregoingtot hefi
eldtocamp, and
youhav egotamat einthebackandal lt
hegearfortwo,andacrateofbeer ,
youmayendupi n
thefi
eldbeyondt heoney ouintended.Rememberalsothatyouneedt ogetoutoft hef
iel
dl at
er,
andfactorsthatwerehelpfuli
nsl owingyoudowndur i
nglandi
ng,wil
lalsoslowy oudowndur ing
take-
off.
Fl
yeconomi
cal
l
y

Fl
yeconomi
cal
l
y

Assumi ngy ouhav ealr

eadydonewhaty oucantoimprovetheaerodynamicsofy ouraircr
aft
,
suchasscr api
ngal lt
hedriedonmudof f,
anddispensi
ngwiththeideaofpanniers.Remember
toothatt heprop'
st askistoscrewyouthrought
heair.Ifi
thastowor khardovercomi ng
excessdr agoni t
sownsur facesi
twon'
tbeabletoprovi
dethemaxi mum propulsionforthe
air
craft(sokeept hepr opclean)
.

Whatwear et alkingabouthereisthewayy ouf l

y,andthekeyissmoot hness.Ifyouwanttoget
from At oBusi ngt hemi ni
mum off uelyouneedt odoev er
ythi
nggraduall
y.Soi t
'
sbet t
erto
reachy ourcruisingal t
it
udebycli
mbi ngsteadilyat200ftpermi nut
eratherthanholdi
ngherat
full
throttl
eandcl imbingat1000ftpermi n( evena912uses22l i
tr
esperhouratf ul
lthr
ottl
e).
Thenflyatt hatal ti
tudeatthespeedy ourwingwasdesi gnedfor.Onamoder nfl
exwingthat
meanst hetri
m cont r
olshoul
dbej ustbeginningtobite.

Anymor eandt hewi ngwi l

lbecreati
ngtoomuchdr agdespit
eitsgreat
erli
fti
ngpower.Youdo
havetobalancet hiswiththerevsyourenginerunsatifi
t'
satwo-st
roke.Itcanbecri
tical
when
theengi
nest ar
tsr unningpurelyonthemai nj
et,asopposedtotheneedlejet
.Youshouldalso
regul
arl
ycheckt hepr ofil
eofthewingbattens-theyfl
att
enwithuse,makingthewingflyf
aster
butnotprovi
dingt helifti
tshould.

Remembert hat(
atl eastint henorthernhemispher
e)t hewindveersasy ougohi gher.Imagine
oneisfl
yingnort
hf rom Pet erleetoEshottandther
ei stheusualwindoutoft hewest .It
'sbett
er
tofl
yatabout1000f trathert han3000f t
,becausehigherupthewindi smor eli
kelycomingout
ofthenorthwest.Obv iouslyont hereturntri
ponecanmakeuseoft hi
stail
windi fNewcastl
e
ATCwi l
ll
etonecr osst heirzoneat3000f eet
.GPSist heonlywayoff i
ndingthesedi f
ferent
air
fl
owsbymoni tori
ngy ourgr oundspeedandbearinmi nditdoesn'tal
way sworkout .
Takeof
fcr
osswi
nd

Takeof
fcr
osswi
nd

Mor eair
craftgetdamagedincrosswi
ndtake-
off
sthandeser
vetobe.Andusuall
yit
'snotj
ust
theaircr
aftoftheguil
typar
tyasheoftengoesski
tt
li
ngint
oallt
heparkedai
rcr
aftoutsi
dethe
clubhouse.

Whatusual l
yhappensi syouar esitti
ngont herunwayandt here'smay bea12t o15mph
crosswind.Atthispointyouar egluedtothegr oundbyt hewei ghtofthest ationar yai
rcraft
.As
youstarttomov eslowlyforward,theweightoft hemachi neisst il
ldomi nant ,soatf i
rstyou
foll
ow thenicelineyouintended.Butast hewi nggainslift
, t
her eisl
essgr ipf orthetyres,and
allofasuddent hewholemachi neweat hercocksintowind, andt hetakeof ftrackcanchangeby
aremar kabl
enumberofdegr ees( nowyouar eaimingstraightf ortheclubhousewi th
i
nsuf f
ici
entair
speedt ocli
mbov ertheassembledbar becue, t
rikesandpi cnickingpensi oners)

Theansweri srelat
ivel
ysimpl e(apartfrom don'tt
akeof fi
nst r
ongcrosswinds) .Thekeyi st o
holdthetri
kef i
rmlyont hegroundf orlongerthanyounor mallywould,andwel lbeyondthepoi nt
whenshewant stof l
y.Dot hi
sbyhol di
ngt hebarinasy ouacceler
atedowny ourchosent rack.
Whenshei stravell
ingmay be10mphf asterthanyouwoul dnormall
yliftoff
,rotatethebarj usta
touchtounstickher.Youwi l
lfi
ndt hatalt
houghy ouweat hercockquit
esmar tlyroundintowi nd,
yourforwardmoment um shouldkeepy ouony ourori
ginaltr
ack,andany wayy ouhav eenough
speedtoclimbsmar tl
yaway .
LandCr
osswi
nd

LandCr
osswi
nd

Thekeyher eistoli
neupyourdi r
ect i
onoft r
avelwiththecent r
eoft her unway .Thi
smi ghtmean
yourtri
keispointi
ngsubstanti
all
yawayf r
om thecentreli
ne.Obv iouslythemor eyouar e
pointi
ngawayf rom y
ourli
neoft r
av el,t
hegreaterthepotentialfordisaster.Whent heleadi
ng
rearwheeltouchesdownther ei
sat endencyforittot
uckunderandt het r
iketorol
l.Evenifit
strai
ghtensupOKt herei
sal otoftwi st
ingacti
onont hetrike,andi t
'swhyy oushouldalway
s
givethetri
keagoodcheckov erafterast r
ongcr osswi
ndl anding.

Sowhatcany oudot omakei teasi

eronalumini
um,ski
nandbone?Ify
ouhavegotawide
runway,t
henlandonadi agonaltothecentr
eli
ne(i
emor ei
ntowi
nd)
.Ifyoudon'
tgety
our
touchdownpointexact
lyri
ghtyoucanal waysdoago-r
ound.

I
fyouhavetolandcrabstyl
e,t
hetechniqueistolandwi
ththefrontwheelsl
i
ghtl
yhigherthan
y
oumi ghtnor
mally(atouchofextrapowerhelpsdothi
s)andtomaket hebackwheelsjustkiss
t
heground.Ifyoucanholditli
kethisafract
ionl
ongerthanyounormallywoul
d,youwill
find
t
hatthetr
ikewil
lj
ustcli
ckroundtol i
neupwi tht
herunway,andyouarehomeanddr y.
Pr
e-t
akeof
fcheck

Pr
e-t
akeof
fcheck

C-cont
rol
s

H-hel
met

I-i
nst
rument
s

F-f
uelT-t
ri
m

W -wi
nd

A-(
other
)ai
rcr
aft

P-power
Takeof
ffr
om awetgr
assyf
iel
d

Takeof
ffr
om awetgr
assyf
iel
d

1.Appl
yful
lpower
,andimmedi at
elypushoutthebarasfarasi
twil
lgo.Thiswil
ltakethe
wei
ghtofft
hewheel
sandr educethedragfr
om thegrassandmud,andthehighangleofat
tack
oft
hewingwil
lbeprov
idi
ngmaxi mum lif
tatt
helowerspeedsbefor
ethewingisreadytofl
y.

2.Theabov eiscrap,andthehighangl
eofattackwillcr
eat
eloadsofdragwhichaddedtot
he
dragf r
om gr
assandmudwi l
lmeanal ongtake-
offrun.Muchbettertokeept
hewi ngi
na
neutral(l
ow-
drag)posit
ionsothati
tisreadytoprov
idemaximum lif
tassoonasy ouar
egoing
fastenoughtofly
.
NotdoaWi
ngov
er

(
orawhi
pst
all
orat
ail
sli
de)

Yourair
craf
tmanualandt
het
ext
bookst
ell
yout
hati
tisi
ll
egal
todoa'wi
ngover
',
butno-
one
tel
l
sy ouwhatonei
s.Sohowdoyouknowwhet
heryouar
edoingany
thi
ngi
ll
egal.

Atruewi ngoveri
sa90- deg.cli
mbingturnfol
lowedbya90-deg.descendi
ngt ur
nresult
ingina
180-deg.changeindirecti
on.Tri
kescan'tper
formtr
uewingoversbecausebot t
om rudderi
s
neededatt hetopoftheclimbingtur
nt okeeptheai
rcr
aftcoordi
nated.Tr
ikesandhanggl i
der
s
perf
orm" wangs"(seedr awingbel
ow).

I
sitsaf
e?.
..
..
..
.dependsonpi
l
otski
l
l,t
echni
que,
judgment
,exper
ience,
etc.

cl
i
ckt
humbnai
ltoexpand

Andher
e'sadescr
ipt
ionoft
heot
hert
wobi
g'no-
no'
s

awhipstal
li
sanexuber antst
all
.Inst
eadofcontinui
ngaslongaspossi
bletofl
ystrai
ghtand
l
evelwi
ththethr
ott
leshut ,
youpusht hebaroutasyoushutthet
hrot
tl
e,sothatyouentert
he
st
all
inacli
mbingatti
tude.Theanglet hr
oughwhichthewi
nghast or
ecoveristher
efor
egreat
er.

Asyouincr
easetheeff
ect
,ther
otar
yi ner
ti
aofthewi
ng/tr
ikest
art
st oki
cki
n,tendi
ngt
omake
thewhol
ethingr
otat
ebeyondthepointatwhi
chthewingwouldotherwi
sest
artfl
yi
ngagai
n.

Theevent
ualconsequencei
sat
umbl
e,suchasont
hev
ideocl
i
pthatdi
dther
oundsaf
ew
monthsago.

I
fyoudoasuf
fi
cient
lyexagger
atedst
all
ent
ry,
theai
rcr
aftmayact
ual
l
ysl
i
debackwar
dsbef
ore
r
otat
ing.

Awhi pstall
isadeepst al
linducedbyanaccel erat
edentry.TheCAAdef ini
ti
onofast andard
stal
lentryi
sar educti
onofspeedby1knot /second.Atypi
cal whipstal
l onaf l
exwingi sentered
byspeedingupwel laboveaf astcr
uise,andshov i
ngthebarhar dforwardont othefrontst r
ut.
Donttryitunti
lyouhavetri
edsev eralmoregentleent
riesgraduall
yincreasinginsev eri
ty.The
severecasesarebestlefttotestpi
lotswithparachut
es,sincethedeepert hestall
,themor e
severethenosedownr ot
ationspeed;atit
sextreme,i
tcanei therr
esultinat ai
lsli
deorat uckor
both.
At ai
lsli
dei smostdef i
nit
elyt
obeav oi
dedonallfl
exwings.Ifyouendupinanext r
emenoseup
sit
uation(probablywithpoweron)andthewingstopsflyi
ng, t
hereisachanceitwil
lsl
ide
backwar dsbeforerotati
ngnosedown.Ifiti
sextr
emelywel lpi
tch-dampedther
eisjustachance
thattherotati
onisslowenoughf oratucknottoresul
t(Iknowofonecasewher ethi
s
happened) .Bestavoi
ded.

Herei
sasuperbdiagram publ
ishedbyPegasuswhi chdet
ail
swhathappensinatail
slideand
gi
vesyoutwocluesastohowt ogetoutofone.Mindyouifyouhav
etothinkaboutgetti
ngout
ofonei
t'
sprobablyt
oolate.Thisdiagram waspubli
shedatthet
imeofthefatal
accidentint
he
USAinOct00,butmaydat efr
om somet imeearl
ier
.
Getoutofaspi
ral
div
e

Getoutofaspi
ral
div
e

At r
uespi raldi
veisdefinedasacont i
nuousdescendi ngturni
nonedi r
ecti
onwher et
hespeedis
i
ncreasi ng.Obv iousl
yinaf l
exwingoncet hi
sairspeedget supto75or80mph, i
t'
sgett
ing
danger ous.Ther eisalsot herealri
skofhi t
ti
ngy ourownwaket urbul
encesoi t
'
sbesttoknow
howt ogetoutofi t.Ont heot herhandit
'sdiff
icultt
oknowhowy ougetintooneofthese
accident all
y.Thekeyi stor emembert ogetoutoft het ur
nfir
stbefor
ethinki
ngabout
controll
ingt hespeed.I fyout r
ytodoi tt
heot herwayr oundyouareli
kelytoti
ghtent
het ur
nand
dropt hei nnerwingevenmor e.

Sol et'
ssayt hatyouar edivingcl ockwiseatabout70mph.Fi rstshov ethewi ngouttot heright
.
Youdon' thav etobet ooaggr essive.Gent l
ebutf i
rm pr essurewi lleventuall
ycauset heai r
craft
toshootoutoft hedi veatat angent-butst i
ll
pointingdownandpr obablyaccel erat
ing.Bynow
thewi ngsshoul dbel evel,
andy oushoul dbeheadi ngi nast raightline.Nowal lyouneedt odo
i
sgetoutofanor dinarydiv e.Youshoul dn'
thav eanypoweron( Iam assumi ngthatyout ook
thepowerof fassoonasy our eali
sedy ouwer einaspi r aldi
ve) ,
soal lyouneedt odoi smake
surey ourforwardpr essureont hebarisgent le-sot haty oudon' tswoopt het r
ikeupintoast al
l.
Ifyouhol dthissli
ghtf orwar dpressure,youwi ll
event uallysl
owupandcanr esumenor mal
str
ai ghtandlevelfl
ight .
Recov
erf
rom ast
all

Recov
erf
rom ast
all

Forsomer easonlet'
ssayyouhavestal
l
edy ourair
craf
tinlevelf
li
ght-maybeyouweret
ryi
ngto
getiti
ntoav er
ysmal lf
iel
dandyoudecidedtofl
yitveryverysl
owly.Youhavetohopet
hatyou
aren'
ttooclosetothegroundasevenwiththestandar
dtechniqueyouareli
kel
ytol
ose50feet
beforeyoucanrecover.

Thefir
stthingyounoti
ceisabuf fet
ingt
hr oughthebar-thisisathumpthumpofbackpressur
e.
Atthesamet imetheair
craftbecomespr ett
yunr esponsi
vetothecont
rols-sodon'
tbank
whateveryoudo.Ifthetr
ikeisabouttost al
l i
nlevelfl
i
ght,ent
eri
ngaturnwil
lundoubt
edl
y
causethelowerwingtostall
,andpitchyoui ntoasteepsidesli
p.

Atthepoi ntofst all

,pullthebarback(justsuffici
entl
ytor educetheangleofattackofthewing
belowt hecriticalst
al l
angle),whil
esimultaneouslyapplyingfull
power.Ini
ti
allythenosewill
dropinaf ul
lydev el
opedst al
l,butastheai rspeedincreasestoasaf efi
gureraisethenose
posit
ivelyintot he(fullpower)cli
mbat t
it
ude.I fawingdr opsatthepointofstallt
henrecoveras
above,butr ollthewi ngsapproxlevelbeforeraisi
ngthenosei nt
othecli
mbat ti
tude.Whenata
safehei ghtfrom thegr oundreturntoair
crafttolevelfl
ight