Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Swooping to air on NBC...  

   By CanopyPiloting, June 7, 2005
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   • ianmdrennan
   • June 16, 2005

2. Consequences of hopping and popping a high aspect ratio canopy with a collapsed slider?  

   By cpoxon, July 3, 2006
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   • livenletfly
   • July 19, 2006

3. VX versus Velocity  

   By mischo, October 28, 2002
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • October 29, 2002

4. Katana or Stilleto  

   By frankiebrina, January 4, 2004
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   • fool
   • January 8, 2004

5. Good ways to learn to swoop.  

   By jloirsdaan, January 12, 2006
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   • marks
   • January 20, 2006

6. old school sabre  

   By keithbar, September 16, 2008
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   • keithbar
   • September 18, 2008

7. Ranch Pond Swoop 2008, Sept 27-28  

   By frost, September 22, 2008
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   • dharma1976
   • October 8, 2008

8. Any NEW thoughts from anyone on the ONYX?  

   By Monk, July 17, 2006
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   • cobaltdan
   • July 21, 2006

9. The Stall: video discussion on Safety First TV with Brian Germain  

   By BrianSGermain, March 21, 2012
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   • DivingWombat
   • July 19, 2012

10. Xaos Line twist  

    By skydiven4fun, December 1, 2002
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    • skydiven4fun
    • December 6, 2002

11. HMA 500 versus HMA 300  

    By morris, March 6, 2007
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    • kamalasound
    • March 13, 2007

12. Swooping with HORNET-150  

    By Lok, November 29, 2007
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    • Lok
    • January 9, 2008

13. should I, or shouldn't i...?  

    By lilchief, October 28, 2008
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    • jurgencamps
    • November 16, 2008

14. PD WEBSITE IS UPDATED WITH THE KATANA  

    By frankiebrina, January 30, 2004
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    • hkf
    • January 31, 2004

15. Good luck to the US world Team (and other competitors)  

    By ianmdrennan, November 10, 2008
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    • lucia
    • November 12, 2008

16. speedflying canopy wear  

    By jerolim, November 28, 2008
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    • phoenixlpr
    • January 26, 2009

17. What's the single thing you've learned that has improved your swoop?  

    By DaVinciflies, June 25, 2012
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    • Mr_Polite
    • August 2, 2012

18. Atair Radical  

    By 5.samadhi, August 13, 2012
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • October 23, 2012

19. cpc championship schedule  

    By superstu, July 20, 2005
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • August 27, 2005

20. Canopy Progression  

    By Acoisa, December 28, 2008
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    • Acoisa
    • June 15, 2009

21. Setting up a swoop course  

    By dsbbreck, January 23, 2003
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    • Hooknswoop
    • January 29, 2003

22. PDFT - Expedition Italy 2009 (more info)  

    By m0ng00se007, January 19, 2009
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    • pierre3636
    • January 23, 2009

23. Jay Mo will coach Southeast CPC  

    By chayes12, March 6, 2006
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    • chayes12
    • March 21, 2006

24. PD Reserves Loaded @ 1.7 or 1.8  

    By Skydive2, April 25, 2002
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    • billvon
    • April 27, 2002

25. Canopy Comparison  

    By Deisel, August 1, 2010
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    • Deisel
    • August 6, 2010

26. Difficulty with chest strap after opening....  

    By WrongWay, February 17, 2005
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    • murps2000
    • February 28, 2005

27. Attn. All CPC competitors. The Farm May 5th  

    By chayes12, April 24, 2007
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    • Cloudi
    • May 11, 2007

28. Letting go of toggles  

    By AggieDave, February 3, 2003
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    • Canuck
    • February 12, 2003

29. WFFC 2004 Swoop Results  

    By sunnydee123, August 24, 2004
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • August 26, 2004

30. Loosing the weight while in flight  

    By TOT, September 3, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 6, 2006

31. 2001 Pond Swooping Nationals Video  

    By CanuckInUSA, February 12, 2003
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    • Rdutch
    • February 26, 2003

32. How to flare.  

    By drenaline, May 26, 2002
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    • alan
    • May 29, 2002

33. NW CPC!!!  

    By superstu, March 7, 2005
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    • superstu
    • June 16, 2005

34. Downsizing checklist  

    By base_nz, March 29, 2008
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    • agent_lead
    • April 4, 2008

35. FLCPA Round 5 has changed DZ's  

    By chayes12, September 13, 2004
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    • chayes12
    • September 24, 2004

36. Vengeance  

    By jambrich, March 31, 2008
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    • skydivexxl
    • April 3, 2008

37. Crossfire 2 VS Stilletto  

    By lister55, March 30, 2004
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    • lister55
    • March 30, 2004

38. Fingers getting squashed by the front riser loop  

    By KerMor, September 24, 2003
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    • freakydiver
    • September 25, 2003

39. Went too big and got it on video? Broke a leg swooping and its on video?  

    By PhreeZone, September 14, 2004
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    • PhreeZone
    • September 25, 2004

40. Manufacturers set too short brake lines?  

    By druspork, March 30, 2005
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    • murps2000
    • April 3, 2005

41. How to make it back from a spot???? please  

    By CKSCUBA, April 22, 2008
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    • LoudDan
    • May 1, 2008

42. PST's "Out of The Blue" DVD: Did they cancel it or what?  

    By parachutist, March 26, 2003
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    • proswoopingtour
    • May 28, 2003

43. Should I downsize to a vision ?  

    By ibx, April 15, 2005
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    • dharma1976
    • April 20, 2005

44. Persue a 1.1 loading or stay with a bigger canopy  

    By bergh, April 2, 2003
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    • 1234hutch
    • April 15, 2003

45. Front risers on the Diablo.  

    By jumper03, November 15, 2006
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    • marks
    • November 20, 2006

46. Initiating high performance landing with toggles?  

    By Hazarrd, October 15, 2003
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    • rigging65
    • October 16, 2003

47. Turn Coordination: Yaw and Roll  

    By BrianSGermain, April 23, 2005
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    • alan
    • May 9, 2005

48. Vertical Descent Rate  

    By Hooknswoop, September 28, 2005
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    • Chilly_Dk
    • November 5, 2005

49. Fitness and high performance canopies  

    By pilatus_p, November 23, 2006
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • November 27, 2006

50. Skydive Sussex/SwoopClub and NE Canopy Piloting Training Ground  

    By piahenzi, May 20, 2008
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    • dharma1976
    • June 3, 2008

51. Velocity Mod  

    By SickMonkey, October 24, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • February 25, 2004

52. how speedwings sizes are measured.  

    By jf951, February 28, 2014
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    • theplummeter
    • May 15, 2014

53. Learning to swoop  

    By grega, August 20, 2002
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    • Crashez
    • August 31, 2002

54. safire 2 vs sabre 2  

    By Blue240, March 18, 2014
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    • julius
    • April 22, 2014

55. what's the smallest canopy out there right now?  

    By Newbie, October 30, 2003
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    • darkvapor
    • November 4, 2003

56. Swoop comp at Fantasy of FLight?  

    By Treejumps, November 4, 2003
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    • ptwob231
    • November 21, 2003

57. Wing loading and high flare  

    By heims, October 21, 2004
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    • pilotdave
    • October 23, 2004

58. My first scare. Toggle turn stall and line twist.  

    By ttribe, June 14, 2011
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    • cube
    • August 30, 2011

59. Velocity 84 how to make it open faster  

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

60. will he kill himself?  

    By flyhy, September 19, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 20, 2002

61. Optima or digital alti ?  

    By BMFin, December 20, 2006
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    • Guinness_fr
    • December 22, 2006

62. Tandem instructors: favorite landing technique?  

    By riggerrob, December 25, 2001
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    • des
    • January 31, 2002

63. Your technique  

    By base698, September 26, 2002
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    • freeflir29
    • October 7, 2002

64. Optimal wingloading for swoop distance vs. Speed.  

    By prost, November 20, 2003
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    • AggieDave
    • November 21, 2003

65. Another copycat design from PD.  

    By coozer, October 8, 2014
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    • piisfish
    • October 9, 2014

66. if i have a great dive and level out at 20ft  

    By airborne82nd, January 4, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • February 2, 2007

67. Tail Distortion/Flapping?????  

    By Widgeon, November 15, 2005
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    • grega
    • November 16, 2005

68. I dont wanna be crippled or worse die or worse crippled? whichever  

    By bobsharc, November 13, 2004
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    • hullaman22
    • November 29, 2004

69. ground lanuching a Reserve??  

    By MADPROPS, August 10, 2008
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    • MADPROPS
    • August 12, 2008

70. General downsizing...  

    By ianmdrennan, November 15, 2004
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    • LoudDan
    • November 17, 2004

71. Wanting to learn  

    By lazerq3, February 2, 2002
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    • lazerq3
    • February 5, 2002

72. RDS Malfunctions?  

    By rhys, January 10, 2007
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    • Vectracide
    • January 12, 2007

73. Ground Effect  

    By raymod2, November 17, 2004
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    • larsrulz
    • November 22, 2004

74. Unbroken canopy pilot  

    By flyingstrauss, October 23, 2011
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    • adamT
    • December 4, 2011

75. Looking for more info. on GL  

    By aresye, August 17, 2008
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    • dploi
    • August 29, 2008

76. Swooper's Paradise  

    By proswooper, February 7, 2010
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    • proswooper
    • February 17, 2010

77. Altitude changes  

    By bdbrown, November 27, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • December 7, 2004

78. Stitched risers?  

    By NoShitThereIWas, December 21, 2005
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    • swoopster33
    • January 5, 2006

79. Hornet Flyers .....  

    By SkydiveMonkey, February 25, 2002
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    • cloud9
    • February 28, 2002

80. Well, I did my first intentional downwinder with the new canopy  

    By grue, February 1, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • February 2, 2007

81. Nitron???  

    By ccowden, July 3, 2003
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    • chaoskitty
    • July 22, 2008

82. Transition to crossbraced - sizing comparison  

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

83. More opinions on the Demon, anyone?  

    By jerry81, January 13, 2004
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    • welder
    • October 30, 2012

84. sabre hard opening  

    By acrojunky, July 4, 2004
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    • skydonkey
    • July 20, 2004

85. Steering Line Length  

    By HookSky, November 27, 2002
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    • mq105
    • April 21, 2003

86. Dont' touch the front risers  

    By Tunc, April 13, 2012
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    • rwieder
    • April 25, 2012

87. correct rear riser usage???  

    By jojo0815, June 28, 2005
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    • AggieDave
    • July 4, 2005

88. Snowkite crossover - Ozone Speedflying  

    By powerline, October 25, 2008
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    • Kami-kaze
    • November 7, 2008

89. how are you loading your Xaos-21  

    By chileanXaos, July 18, 2004
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    • skydiven4fun
    • July 26, 2004

90. spreading front risers  

    By BMFin, July 21, 2003
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    • JeffGordon
    • July 28, 2003

91. broken RDS  

    By justme12001, May 13, 2012
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    • theonlyski
    • May 16, 2012

92. SE CPC #2 - Sebastian 3/24  

    By sunnydee123, March 18, 2007
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    • sunnydee123
    • March 25, 2007

93. Katana in the house!  

    By dgskydive, February 6, 2004
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    • Joyner
    • February 20, 2004

94. 2008 US Master Calendar  

    By AggieDave, January 7, 2008
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    • AggieDave
    • March 5, 2008

95. When is it okay?  

    By weegegirl, December 30, 2002
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    • weegegirl
    • January 2, 2003

96. Choosing initiation altitude at different dropzones  

    By sabrepilot25, November 25, 2008
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    • AggieDave
    • April 4, 2009

97. Strange Crossfire openings  

    By RichM, April 7, 2002
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    • Opie
    • April 9, 2002

98. any risk of dynamic stall ?  

    By lazyfrog, February 13, 2004
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    • xheadrasta
    • February 17, 2004

99. Re: [tfelber] Learning my lesson: Lucky after a low turn  

    By LawnDart21, February 3, 2005
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    • jeiber
    • February 7, 2005

100. Fear and Lothing in canopy selection  

     By davelepka, February 3, 2005
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     • jeiber
     • February 18, 2005