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Deep Stall on 4 Wings: EN-A, EN-B, EN-C and Acro

Roland Brunnbauer | Team Airbound

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Deep stall (or parachutal stall) on four different paragliders: EN-A, EN-B, EN-C and an acro wing. Same maneuver, four very different reactions.

⚠️ Deep stalls are best learned in an SIV course and not over ground.

I fly the Advance Alpha 8, the Advance Theta ULS, the Advance Tau DLS and the
Advance Omikron and try to hold each one in the deep stall for as long as I can.
The interesting part is not the maneuver itself, it is how differently each wing
behaves once you are in there.

In this video:
• What a deep stall actually is: not flying forward, not flying backwards, the point in between
• Why it is so sensitive: weight shift, releasing one hand, brake line symmetry
• EN-A Alpha 8: the easiest one to find and hold
• EN-B Theta ULS: why a light wing fights you the whole time and simply is not built for this
• EN-C Tau DLS: why it holds the deep stall better than the Theta, and I honestly do not know why
• Acro wing Omikron: what it looks like on a wing made for exactly this
• The full stall to flyback to deep stall combo and why you learn the most from it
• The one round test: hold it from top to bottom and you are ready for the helico
• Bonus: using deep stall and flyback to clear cravats and tension knots

And a question to you: I keep getting comments that deep stall is the wrong word
and that it should be parachutal. I am honestly not sure which one is correct.
Tell me in the comments.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS
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0:00 Four wings, one manoeuvre
0:33 Why deep stall control matters
2:08 EN-A: Advance Alpha 8
4:00 EN-B: Advance Theta ULS
6:22 EN-C: Advance Tau DLS
7:56 Acro wing: Advance Omikron
9:49 Clearing cravats with deep stall

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🪂 SETUP
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🪂 Wings:
Advance Alpha 8 (EN-A),
Advance Theta ULS (EN-B),
Advance Tau DLS (EN-C),
Advance Omikron (acro)
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13 Comments

@ACROLI Creator 1 month ago Pinned

Serious question and I mean it: is it deep stall or parachutal? I get told both
in the comments and I still do not know which one is right. Explain it to me 👇

@samu.fliagn 1 month ago

Perfect groundspiral with all gliders
Congrats🎉

@SpielenmitTommy 14 hours ago

Du bist echt cool! 🔥
Ich bin erst 5 Jahre alt, aber ich möchte das auch 😎

@carlosgarcazon9711 1 month ago

Dude thank for the video. seeing before other vids in deep stalls but this one comes with more detail. Keep Up the Good Work.

@danielfelipegarciacaro9985 3 weeks ago

what a good explanation and video. really usefull.

@berkhanb 1 month ago

Great video, thanks!

@4verse79 1 month ago

The landings are more impressive than those stalls.

@Algorhythm027 1 month ago

I'd be interested to know what the sizes/flying weights were for each of those wings, it looked like the Alpha stalled really easily, much more than I would expect. I did an SIV with Max Martini on my EN-A (PHI Symphonia 2), and the stall point was very heavy on the brakes and very low below the seatboard, almost unreachable for me even with a half-wrap

@Hemersonr 1 month ago

what is the sink rate in the deep stall??? thanks for sharing

@alleswirdgut238 2 weeks ago

Gerlitzen Oststart.

@petersfluege 1 month ago

Du hast gefragt: Ich flieg jetzt 34 Jahre Gleitschirm, aber die Nützlichkeit erschliesst sich mir null. Das Üben ist schon mal 100-mal gefährlicher als Alles, was ich im Lauf von 1500 Flügen an unerwünschten Schirmverhalten von DHV2-3, high B und C-Schirmen erlebt habe. Nie hätte ich irgendetwas aus den gezeigten Flugfiguren gebraucht. Total suspekt der Sackflug mit dem wilden links-rechts Bremsen. Wofür bitte?
Bitte, ich spreche damit überhaupt nicht gegen das vid oder dagegen, dass das gemacht wird - wenns für jemanden Sinn oder Spass macht, bitte gern. Für mich: Nur riskant - null nützlich.

@steeelampe 1 month ago

Der EN-C 2 Leiner sieht wirklich wesentlich zamer aus als der EN-B.

@gblanco69 3 weeks ago

That's Parachutal Stall, because the airflow takes a "water drop like" shape. In a Deep Stall you take your hands deep down typically under your hips/bottoms (hence the name), the airflow gets reversed (from tail to leading edge) and the wingtips deform forward. On the other hand in a parachutal stall, when correctly done, the wing does not deform, stays well open and the airflow is bottoms -> Up. At least, those are the names and differences I learned 20+ years ago, and I keep on making that distinction.