Deep Stall; Landing - Advance acoustic ALPHA 7 Manual

Deep Stall

It has not been possible to establish stable deep stall by using brakes
or a slow recovery from B-Stall .
However, in rain or when the canopy is wet the ALPHA 7, like every
other paraglider, becomes more prone to deep stall . If the wing does
go into deep stall, recovery should be made by using the speed sys-
tem, exclusively . See also section «Flying with a wet paraglider» .

Landing

Always make a proper landing circuit with a clearly defined final ap-
proach . As the ground approaches progressively increase brake to
level the flight-path, before applying full brake to completely arrest the
forward speed .
Caution: Steep turn reversals lead to strong swinging of the pi-
lot, and should not be done near the ground .
Caution: Braking will reduce your speed and increase your
sink rate, but it will certainly seriously restrict your ability to
manoeuvre .
Caution: Getting below minimum speed leads to stalling: this
should unquestionably be avoided when top landing, and on fi-
nal 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 .
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