Pilot’s manual for Montana3
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Recovery: Montana3 recovers from a Spiral Dive automatically as soon as the brakes are released.
Release them smoothly and always finish a Spiral Dive with safe altitude!
CAUTION: When exiting the Spiral Dive make sure your position in the harness is neutral. Recovery from a
Spiral Dive can be delayed if you are weight shifting to the inner side of the turn.
5.3. SIV manoeuvres
No matter what category of canopy you fly or what level of certification it has, in turbulence or in strong
thermals you may experience all kinds of collapses.
Montana3 behaves comfortably in these situations. Indeed not only does the glider deal with extreme
flight situations automatically, but it also offers – for its category – an above-average degree of safety.
Even so, you must follow all safety rules when practising SIV. Always pay attention to your altitude.
Before performing any SIV manoeuvre remember:
Practise throwing your reserve on the ground, in a simulator, so that reserve deployment is efficient
and automatic.
Rapid altitude loss and considerable rotational forces may develop during unstable manoeuvres.
Take account of these factors when throwing your reserve.
5.3.1. Asymmetric Collapse – one side of the canopy collapses
Initiation: Grab the outer A-line on one side and pull it down smoothly. The wing tip will collapse to
form a characteristic Big Ear. The size of the ear depends on the depth to which the lines are pulled.
You can stop any turn tendency by applying the opposite brake and by weight shifting onto the inflated
side of the canopy.
Recovery: Under normal conditions Montana3 will reinflate spontaneously when the pulled lines are
released. Inflation time and loss of altitude can be reduced by suitable piloting. To stop any tendency
to turn off course pull the brake on the inflated side (be careful not to overreact and stall the inflated
side) and weight shift to that side. If the collapse remains then reinflate the collapsed side by ‘pumping’
the brake on the collapsed side.
CAUTION: It is very important to execute this manoeuvre very carefully. Due to the high compactness
of the leading edge and collapse resistance it is quite difficult to find a right degree of pulling of A-risers
down. This applies particularly to the asymmetric collapse of 75% at full speed!
5.3.2. Full Frontal Collapse
Initiation: Grab both A-risers at the top and pull them down fluently until the leading edge collapses.
Recovery: Recovery time depends on how much of the canopy has collapsed. In normal conditions
Montana3 will recover into normal flight automatically as soon as the front risers are released. Applying
the brakes on both sides simultaneously can help reopen the paraglider.
CAUTION: It is very important to execute this manoeuvre very carefully. Due to the high compactness
of the leading edge it is quite difficult to find a right degree of pulling of A-risers down. If you pull them
down too quickly, a massive collapse could happen!
5.3.3. Deep stall
Initiation: Pull both brakes smoothly until the sink rate increases markedly and the forward speed
reaches almost zero. The pull on the brakes should be controlled so that the canopy stays inflated and
doesn't fall back into a full stall.
Recovery: Montana3 cannot stay in deep stall flight, so after the brakes are released the glider
automatically returns to normal flight. If you need to, you can accelerate recovery by pulling hard on
both brakes, followed by a fast release. Or you can pull lightly on the A-risers.
CAUTION: If you pull too hard on the A-risers you may experience a full frontal collapse.
