PPG 1

PPG 1 - Wheel Launch

Test your PPG 1 Wheel Launch knowledge with this test.

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1. As a PPG 1 (student pilot). What is the best course of action if the cart starts tipping?

Abort, steer in the tipping direction, and keep your hands/legs inside.

Abort, steer away from the tipping direction

Go hands up, REDUCE power, then steer towards the tipping direction

Don't abort, steer first away from the tipping direction for best control

Don't abort, steer first towards the tipping direction for best control

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2. Aborting must include, above all else:

Releasing the throttle while pressing AND HOLDING the kill switch

Holding full brakes

Maximum wheel brakes

Both maximum wheel brakes and full paraglider brake

Going hands up

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3. As a PPG 1 (student pilot), what should you do if the wing is off to the left but quickly starts shooting off to the right?

Apply right brake

Abort

Apply left brake

Apply both brakes

Throttle up and hands up

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4. When launching with wheels, what is one thing you should never ever do?

Use full power

Takeoff in an oscillation

HOLD the kill switch

Use full brake travel

Fly in wind less than 2 mph

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5. Which of the following statements are true regarding general control inputs (select all that apply)?

You should prioritize keeping the wing overhead using the brake toggles.

You should use large inputs early.

You should use wheel brake if the wing surges too far forward.

You should use the least amount of inputs you can get away with. In other words, don't over control the wing.

You should steer the cart under the wing (gently).

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6. As a beginner pilot, what is your most important job during launch?

Abort if it doesn't feel right or the instructor calls “Abort” or “Stop”

Keep the power up even if the wing is going left or right

Getting on the brakes at the first sign of oscillation

Getting on the wheel brakes at the first sign of cart oscillation

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7. What is the goal of throttle control during the initial phase of launching?

To keep the engine in a good control range.

To keep the engine RPM below what it takes to prevent a front tuck.

To keep enough speed to control the wing but not enough for liftoff until the wing is stable.

To keep enough speed so only the front wheel(s) comes up

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8. One of the hardest things to learn is:

Throttle control to get the quickest liftoff

How to accelerate the cart without the wing going parachutal

Steering away from the wing before coming back towards it

How to hold speed for good wing control but without lifting off

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9. If the wing goes left (Select all that apply):

If it's more than about half a wingspan off to the left, ABORT!

Apply slight left brake to dampen its return

Use the least amount of brake necessary to get it coming back slowly

Apply aggressive right brake to prevent it falling and getting lines in the prop

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10. As a student pilot, when should you start the motor?

When the instructor asks you to

When the wing is overhead and kiting stably

When you are ready AND the instructor asks you to

When the wind comes up

Just before initial inflation

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