2:35 Martin on Wingovers: Practice wingovers using weightshift only to increase your knowledge of your glider and how it reacts
Russel on full frontal collapses. When we learn these in SIV, the advice to to go hands up. However, if a full frontal occurs flying in turbulent air, a strong sharp pull on both brakes is better. This is to prevent the front of the glider becoming a big wall of resistance. This is worse with modern gliders with a lot of nylon across the chord. Also, the higher the aspect ratio, the more the tips will horseshoe in and potentially meet in the middle and tangle. Keep the tips apart.
Martin on Parachutal stall: Hands up.Most gliders will recover in 3 seconds, then push speed bar if necessary. Normally glider will start flying again
Russel: On big frontals, keep banging the brakes until it recovers. It might require 2 or 3 This could also be done on the Cs, but only if it a small frontal.
Martin on Speed-Bar: Using the speed bar gives you a greater speed range available in turbulence to slow down or speed up.
Russel on riser control: Using the bar is essential on modern gliders.. Feel the pressure on your feet, take the rear risers to feel the air. When it is more turbulent, a little bit of pressure to feel the air. Look at the wing! Use your eyes. Flying on feel and not looking at your wing might be the worst information ever given to learning pilots.You can see the glider lose it's shape or rigidity. If I'm flying at full speed, I'm constantly watching the leading edge.
Side Collapses: In a 90% collapse, leaning away from the collapse can induce a twist. IN very big collapses at speed (with safe height), lean into the collapse and go with it. Martin: Leaning into it and burying the brake on the collapse side builds energy and pressure, which will open the glider by itself. The more you fight it, the more trouble starts.
Cravats: Never let a cravat take you through more than one 360 without getting directional control again if possible. Your biggest priority is stopping a spiral.
29:42 Overstalling: Tips are back behind you and can tangle. As the tips come back, we don't just bury and lock. As soon as it starts to stall, we come off the brakes. It's a maneuver that we fly with as much control possible.
Martin on Twists: The best way to control a glider with twisted lines is to pull both breaks 50%, but even. Then hold so the glider flies very slowly, but one side doesn't fly faster than the other. Shake you legs to get the body rotating.