Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Small jumper not being strong enough to flare   1 2

   By bodypilot90, February 26, 2014
   • 34 replies
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   • beetnerk
   • April 21, 2021

2. Canopy Downsizing Chart by Brian Germain   1 2

   By BrianSGermain, January 27, 2009
   • 39 replies
   • 68,244 views
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   • thetreehugger
   • September 9, 2017

3. Basic and Advanced Canopy flying: educational materials and videos   1 2

   By frost, April 14, 2009
   • 29 replies
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   • dukertc1
   • May 21, 2015

4. Be Constructive  

   By ianmdrennan, May 7, 2013
   • 3 replies
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   • xaviercomelli
   • November 11, 2013

5. Post your picture threads (links inside)  

   By ianmdrennan, July 11, 2007
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   • ianmdrennan
   • July 11, 2007

6. Turn Altitude Start  

   By cmercha, June 21, 2022
   • 9 replies
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   • gainer
   • December 11, 2024

7. How aggressively did you down size?   1 2 3 4 8

   By Nerra, May 6, 2014
   • 182 replies
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   • Tvivl
   • November 1, 2024

8. Barrell roll on a canopy  

   By the.Legend, November 27, 2022
   • 9 replies
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   • rhanold
   • January 15, 2024

9. Chuck Akers wants you to know   1 2

   By JoeWeber, October 20, 2023
   • 48 replies
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   • OrphanBlue
   • November 3, 2023

10. Odyssey EVO vs Katana  

    By hapon, August 12, 2020
    • 12 replies
    • 4,024 views
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    • bsrodeo540
    • September 12, 2023

11. Measuring swoop distance  

    By jeanneretjerome, July 7, 2023
    • 1 reply
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    • jeanneretjerome
    • July 9, 2023

12. RDS vs full RDS  

    By honest.py, September 3, 2020
    • 10 replies
    • 4,655 views
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    • Veis
    • January 31, 2023

13. From skydiving to paragliding/speedflying: Field report, part 1  

    By maggyrider, August 6, 2022
    • 2 replies
    • 1,592 views
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    • Tayisiya
    • November 17, 2022

14. getting into swooping - crossfire2 characteristic  

    By honest.py, February 11, 2020
    • 11 replies
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    • hodges
    • September 13, 2022

15. Worlds Air Games - July 22  

    By kleggo, September 7, 2022
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    • kleggo
    • September 8, 2022

16. GT-R vs jfx2  

    By KamilPietrzak, October 1, 2021
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    • KamilPietrzak
    • August 17, 2022

17. VELO openings with RDS   1 2

    By peedeepalmer, June 22, 2015
    • 27 replies
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    • Burger0889
    • July 25, 2022

18. Rears to toggle transition  

    By clustermagnet, July 2, 2022
    • 5 replies
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    • BMAC615
    • July 7, 2022

19. Transition to crossbraced - sizing comparison  

    By base615, May 19, 2021
    • 15 replies
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    • base615
    • June 16, 2022

20. Sabre 3  

    By Greekos, July 1, 2020
    • 21 replies
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    • cbassmnm
    • May 15, 2022

21. New LAMINAIR canopy from Vertical  

    By riggerrob, April 1, 2022
    • 2 replies
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    • RolandForbes
    • April 10, 2022

22. Comp Velo update/replacement?  

    By cmercha, August 4, 2021
    • 19 replies
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    • nwt
    • August 18, 2021

23. Can the flare stop the canopy almost completely in no winds?  

    By kizofilax, June 30, 2021
    • 4 replies
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    • kizofilax
    • July 3, 2021

24. On-harness RDS pocket  

    By Veis, January 18, 2021
    • 7 replies
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    • Veis
    • April 6, 2021

25. Premature Line wear from slider (Solution)  

    By freeflyfree, March 10, 2021
    • 3 replies
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    • 28337
    • March 19, 2021

26. Icarus GT-R  

    By skow, February 5, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 4,593 views
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    • daviddaniel
    • January 8, 2021

27. Katana long snivelling openings...?  

    By Heycharger, December 13, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 3,036 views
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    • nwt
    • December 23, 2020

28. Leia without miniribs  

    By daviddaniel, November 24, 2020
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    • 1,282 views
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    • daviddaniel
    • November 24, 2020

29. Katana 97 W/L 1.9 for swooping  

    By fink, February 28, 2017
    • 21 replies
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    • tynmdy
    • October 14, 2020

30. JFX2  

    By racer42, December 18, 2019
    • 14 replies
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    • jmagill
    • September 23, 2020

31. KA2 and Crossfire3   1 2 3

    By nad, July 18, 2016
    • 69 replies
    • 29,307 views
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    • dangerWilde
    • July 28, 2020

32. Fluid Wings WairWolf  

    By 28337, November 3, 2019
    • 10 replies
    • 5,385 views
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    • rjklein4470
    • July 27, 2020

33. PD Storm to Katana  

    By Heycharger, December 30, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 2,889 views
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    • Heycharger
    • June 29, 2020

34. Looking for a Comprehensive Swooping Article  

    By Administrator, March 16, 2020
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    • Administrator
    • March 16, 2020

35. Fluid wings Helix  

    By Ricky G, February 25, 2020
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    • Ricky G
    • February 25, 2020

36. Velocity 84 how to make it open faster  

    By JumpRu, December 5, 2019
    • 15 replies
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    • skow
    • December 18, 2019

37. What lines do you use on your cross-braced  

    By Travman, July 30, 2019
    • 10 replies
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    • 28337
    • November 3, 2019

38. JFX vs crossfire2  

    By clustermagnet, January 23, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 3,433 views
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    • Wirzael
    • October 17, 2019

39. Uninstalling gswoop?  

    By GoneCodFishing, October 10, 2019
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    • GoneCodFishing
    • October 10, 2019

40. Difference between PD Valkyrie and Peregrine?  

    By skydude2000, September 20, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 4,397 views
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    • skow
    • October 1, 2019

41. The Echo is avaliable  

    By lazdog23, February 15, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • lazdog23
    • September 19, 2019

42. Stowing detachable slider (Without removing it)  

    By DJL, April 4, 2019   

    • mad swoops brah
    • 5 replies
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    • JumpRu
    • July 15, 2019

43. NzA daedalus project  

    By LimaZulu, July 1, 2019
    • 1 reply
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    • skow
    • July 8, 2019

44. Fluid Wings Airwolf   1 2

    By HUPRA, February 17, 2017
    • 42 replies
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    • rjklein4470
    • July 1, 2019

45. Same canopy different recovery arc  

    By gresende007, June 15, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • longwhitecloud
    • June 19, 2019

46. A tri-tapered leading edge  

    By skow, May 28, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • skow
    • June 8, 2019

47. Tesla replacement from Fluid?  

    By jcbfly, July 6, 2018
    • 5 replies
    • 5,241 views
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    • lazdog23
    • May 15, 2019

48. Harness vs Front Riser HP turns  

    By mbailey465, April 16, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • daffes
    • May 13, 2019

49. Fluidwings Gangster  

    By Crispy., February 14, 2018
    • 23 replies
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    • Tfal25
    • April 30, 2019

50. Max vertical descent rate  

    By DylanH, March 25, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • DylanH
    • April 4, 2019

51. Comp Velo v Valkyrie  

    By Spiffycop, August 30, 2018
    • 11 replies
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    • piro686
    • February 28, 2019

52. Ground Launching  

    By swoopgirl, December 14, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • JumpRu
    • February 21, 2019

53. Petra vs. Sofia  

    By DylanH, August 10, 2018
    • 11 replies
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    • DylanH
    • January 15, 2019

54. Camera for recording landings specs?  

    By bsrodeo540, January 2, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • DougH
    • January 10, 2019

55. Crossfire 3  

    By NvyZero, January 11, 2015
    • 23 replies
    • 29,970 views
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    • freeflyfree
    • December 26, 2018

56. Fluid Wings HK | HKT  

    By sswain, October 24, 2018
    • 11 replies
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    • 28337
    • November 11, 2018

57. Turbo-Z  

    By marcwgarber, September 26, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 4,540 views
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    • skow
    • November 7, 2018

58. Chest Strap Quick-Release Routing  

    By mbailey465, August 27, 2018
    • 10 replies
    • 6,298 views
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    • Titanman2789
    • September 19, 2018

59. Lifespan of sail  

    By Antoine64, October 23, 2017
    • 14 replies
    • 13,688 views
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    • Jiggs
    • August 17, 2018

60. CP 2018 Event Master  

    By nigelh, October 25, 2017
    • 8 replies
    • 7,474 views
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    • raymod2
    • July 30, 2018

61. belly band on a non-articulated rig  

    By aerorigging, July 17, 2018
    • 0 replies
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    • aerorigging
    • July 17, 2018

62. The fastest non cross braced canopy?  

    By Deyan, February 26, 2018
    • 17 replies
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    • Pobrause
    • July 1, 2018

63. CP 2014 Event Master  

    By Rookie120, October 10, 2013
    • 14 replies
    • 16,054 views
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    • berchtoldaj
    • June 25, 2018

64. I can't flare right!  

    By Koolihan, May 1, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 5,759 views
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    • Crispy.
    • May 9, 2018

65. Dekunu One  

    By sswain, April 6, 2018
    • 8 replies
    • 7,923 views
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    • EvilGenius
    • April 13, 2018

66. X-Fire questions  

    By voidlizard, March 20, 2018
    • 1 reply
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    • Alexg3265
    • April 6, 2018

67. Can you share your Flysight swoop data?   1 2

    By daffes, November 3, 2015
    • 30 replies
    • 16,812 views
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    • daffes
    • February 26, 2018

68. Valkyrie Hybrid   1 2

    By danielcroft, February 28, 2017
    • 47 replies
    • 29,636 views
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    • topspark101
    • December 16, 2017

69. help, want info on flying canopy with body in prone position...  

    By smiles, December 2, 2017
    • 8 replies
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    • sswain
    • December 6, 2017

70. Are there plastic snaps on new Velocities?   1 2

    By skydiverek, January 8, 2012
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    • gb1
    • November 29, 2017

71. Pilot (9-cell) and Flare   1 2

    By shadeland, June 28, 2017
    • 42 replies
    • 17,199 views
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    • GoGoGadget
    • November 18, 2017

72. first crossbraced canopy  

    By rjklein4470, September 15, 2017
    • 21 replies
    • 16,908 views
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    • berchtoldaj
    • November 13, 2017

73. Audible for swoop setup  

    By skydave238, October 19, 2017
    • 7 replies
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    • rhanold
    • November 4, 2017

74. Skylark odyssey  

    By Sabrekakkonen, September 9, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 7,951 views
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    • kevindice
    • October 10, 2017

75. Tri-tapered canopy wing loading discussion  

    By Antoine64, October 3, 2017
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    • TommyBotten
    • October 3, 2017

76. Aerodyne Zulu vs Crossfire 3  

    By DemolitionDarby, September 20, 2017
    • 4 replies
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    • CrashProne
    • September 22, 2017

77. Difference in riser pressure 2 velos, same size.  

    By icarus93, September 3, 2017
    • 2 replies
    • 4,200 views
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    • skydave238
    • September 9, 2017

78. Swoop Freestyle World championship finals  

    By klippetop, August 30, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 3,180 views
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    • loudtom
    • August 30, 2017

79. The slope slider ..  

    By tontonBlurp, August 26, 2017
    • 1 reply
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    • danielcroft
    • August 29, 2017

80. Diablo 150  

    By uer16, August 28, 2017
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    • DougH
    • August 28, 2017

81. Transition from double fronts to 90s  

    By Shawtown939, August 19, 2017
    • 9 replies
    • 7,594 views
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    • Di0
    • August 21, 2017

82. Canopy selection help?  

    By kawisixer01, August 7, 2017
    • 4 replies
    • 5,427 views
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    • skydave238
    • August 12, 2017

83. Chest strap and safety  

    By bsrodeo540, August 8, 2017
    • 11 replies
    • 7,447 views
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    • Hajo
    • August 10, 2017

84. Right Rotation Approach Videos...POST HERE!   1 2

    By freeflyit, January 7, 2017
    • 37 replies
    • 23,056 views
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    • freeflyit
    • August 8, 2017

85. Crossfire3 reviews?  

    By Ste87, January 20, 2017
    • 15 replies
    • 21,684 views
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    • danielcroft
    • August 1, 2017

86. Lifespan of linesets on S-planform type canopies  

    By skydave238, July 23, 2017
    • 0 replies
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    • madkiwi
    • July 25, 2017

87. Max Horizontal Speed - Katana  

    By zack_k, July 10, 2017
    • 2 replies
    • 4,412 views
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    • grantunderland
    • July 11, 2017

88. Any videos on HK Terminal  

    By chris.h, June 21, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 6,769 views
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    • danielcroft
    • July 9, 2017

89. Romaniacs Reloaded  

    By tontonBlurp, July 4, 2017
    • 0 replies
    • 2,394 views
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    • EvilGenius
    • July 6, 2017

90. NZA Crossfire 3 and Icarus X-Fire  

    By abean3, July 1, 2017
    • 0 replies
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    • HUPRA
    • July 1, 2017

91. PD's next canopy?   1 2

    By danielcroft, November 13, 2014
    • 32 replies
    • 25,751 views
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    • ph.nilsson
    • June 20, 2017

92. CP 2017 Event Master  

    By berchtoldaj, October 27, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 3,455 views
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    • Peterkallehave
    • May 30, 2017

93. Cross Braced Canopy  

    By SLIDER, August 17, 2004
    • 8 replies
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    • Jordan82
    • May 23, 2017

94. Terminal Comp Velo Openings Please Post Vids   1 2

    By matt3sa, February 11, 2014
    • 45 replies
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    • Luck
    • May 23, 2017

95. Differences in bailout technique from comp wings to others  

    By TommyBotten, May 3, 2017
    • 10 replies
    • 7,353 views
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    • TommyBotten
    • May 23, 2017

96. Progressing through flight-1  

    By Shawtown939, March 11, 2017
    • 6 replies
    • 6,440 views
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    • Shawtown939
    • May 23, 2017

97. Good ankle supports for swooping  

    By skow, May 9, 2017
    • 2 replies
    • 3,007 views
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    • DougH
    • May 15, 2017

98. Swoop League for New England Canopy Pilots?  

    By skydivah1, April 26, 2017
    • 4 replies
    • 4,494 views
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    • skydivah1
    • May 10, 2017

99. Max WL for Sabre 2?  

    By timrf79, March 10, 2017
    • 13 replies
    • 9,458 views
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    • Emu
    • May 4, 2017

100. Safire 2 - strange openings even with new line set   1 2

     By lintern, April 1, 2017
     • 27 replies
     • 18,359 views
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     • lintern
     • April 4, 2017