Manoeuvres For Fast Decent; Big Ears; B-Stall - Nova MENTOR 3 Manual

whole approach. This will increase the stability of the glider and the feeling of
the wing.
Just before touch down you should apply more brake. Many times it makes
sense to induce a stall.
Attention:
A deep stall in just 2 meters height can cause a quite violent touch down. Make
sure to not fully apply the brakes until you are close enough to the ground.

Manoeuvres for fast decent

Big ears

To do big ears, pull the outer A-line (attached on a separate belt) on both sides.
Keep the brake handles (without extra wraps) in your hands.
As long as you keep both outer A-risers pulled, the wingtips will be folded and
the sink speed will increase. We recommend to additionally push the speed bar
to increase the sink speed further and to also increase forward speed. The drag
of the folded wingtips increases the angle of attack. By pushing the speed bar,
this effect is compensated.
To end the manoeuvre, release the A-risers. If the wingtips don't open
automatically, you can inflate them by applying the brakes with a short impulse
movement.

B-Stall

You can enter a B-Stall by symmetrically pulling both B-risers approximately
15cm. The force is quite high at the beginning, but decreases when you pull
down further. To get a good hold of the risers, it makes sense to grab them on
top at the shackles.
As you pull the risers down, the gliders stops its forward motion and after a
pendulum swinging motion, the MENTOR 3 enters a stall state. The sink rate
depends on the wing loading and on how much the pilot pulls the B-risers. The
maximum sink rate is about 9m/s.
If you pull too far, the glider starts to rotate about the yaw axis. In this case,
release the risers, until the rotation stops. (Please note, that such a rotation can
also be induced by an asymmetric pulling of both risers)
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