Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ: "How do you recover the Cage from major collapse situations?"
Response: You ask about piloting it out of major collapse situations: obviously you're not supposed to let go of the control bars! But the ease of roll control means that correcting for keeping on track with hands on the bars, and making the quick, light effort needed, becomes an automatic response. A nice thing about the pitch control is that the bar pressure becomes regularly more resistant as you speed up, and then when the frontal collapse speed (which is the absolute upper limit of speed on any paraglider) and angle of attack, is reached, you feel it coming on by a slight softening feel on the control bar, enough to give you a warning. However, if you insist to cross the line of frontal collapse in straight and level flight, the wing can rapidly be put back flying correctly with a quick push on the bars, rotating the Cage forward, increasing angle of attack.
In thermalling, the Cage wings can be slowed down to a very slow speed, while still retaining the roll control. In fact, due to the spacing on the cage structure of the " A,B,C,D" suspension lines , the wing camber changes, increasing as you slow down; the wing profile becomes a slow, high lift airfoil, with high lift coefficients. (Conversely, when flying fast, the under surface flattens out for a different airfoil , a higher speed airfoil .)