Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. History of swooping  

   By dzswoop717, September 28, 2015
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   • Bob_Church
   • August 20, 2016

2. Hitlers Swoop Comp  

   By dqpacker, June 23, 2012
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   • Squeak
   • July 2, 2012

3. hittin' rears on a round  

   By cessna54tango, June 5, 2006
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   • swooper120
   • June 5, 2006

4. HMA 500 versus HMA 300  

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

5. HMA and RDS on non crossbraced canopies.  

   By dsbbreck, March 3, 2006
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   • Feather
   • March 4, 2006

6. HMA line replacement  

   By andyfreefly1, March 8, 2004
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   • ianmdrennan
   • March 9, 2004

7. HMA Lines  

   By garywainwright, October 31, 2002
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   • Rdutch
   • February 20, 2003

8. HMA Lines  

   By mischo, September 15, 2003
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   • craddock
   • September 16, 2003

9. HMA Lineset  

   By Jabbervock, November 26, 2006
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   • diablopilot
   • November 28, 2006

10. HMA Revisted  

    By timmyfitz, September 18, 2003
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    • GroundZero
    • September 20, 2003

11. Hockey Stop It !!!  

    By Swooopa-x, March 15, 2005
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    • Swooopa-x
    • March 15, 2005

12. Holding your toggels  

    By Jskydiver22, December 6, 2005
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    • Jskydiver22
    • December 6, 2005

13. Holy Crap...I figured it out!!!  

    By freeflir29, April 22, 2002
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    • AggieDave
    • April 23, 2002

14. holy shit!  

    By Jumpmunki, October 2, 2005
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    • Jumpmunki
    • October 4, 2005

15. Home made swoop video  

    By CKSCUBA, August 7, 2007
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    • virgin-burner
    • September 16, 2007

16. hook or Chuck snaps or carves again  

    By ramon, March 27, 2002
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    • ramon
    • March 28, 2002

17. Hook pattern vs regular pattern  

    By PhreeZone, November 5, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • November 7, 2003

18. Hook Turn Lessons learnt  

    By 3fLiEr, March 18, 2002
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    • rgoper
    • March 18, 2002

19. Hook Turns  

    By LittleJumper, March 18, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 18, 2002

20. HOOK TURNS!!!!!   1 2

    By skygod7777, December 4, 2002
    • 29 replies
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    • cobaltdan
    • December 13, 2002

21. Hooked it low   1 2

    By skydive435, March 28, 2013
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    • skydive435
    • March 31, 2013

22. hooking it in...   1 2 3

    By sgt_ludy, October 10, 2005
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    • marks
    • October 18, 2005

23. hooknswoop swoops!!   1 2

    By skycat, August 18, 2003
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    • garywainwright
    • August 20, 2003

24. Hooks Turns: Double fronts from 180  

    By Jskydiver22, July 3, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 6, 2005

25. Hop & Pop definition  

    By basweiler, August 25, 2015
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    • jbscout2002
    • September 10, 2015

26. Hop N Pop  

    By hkf, February 5, 2005
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    • crewkeith
    • February 9, 2005

27. hop n pops/sib terminal openings  

    By thegman, September 5, 2002
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    • trigger
    • September 12, 2002

28. Hop n' Pop costs  

    By hjumper33, June 7, 2007
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    • DougH
    • June 25, 2007

29. Hop´n´pops  

    By morris, May 10, 2008
    • 12 replies
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    • dharma1976
    • May 14, 2008

30. Hornet 190 vs. Saber2 190  

    By dalemeyer, April 3, 2008
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    • darrenspooner
    • November 28, 2008

31. Hornet Flyers .....  

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

32. Hornet front risers  

    By SkydiveMonkey, May 18, 2002
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    • skymedic
    • May 20, 2002

33. Horrible Weekend  

    By ianmdrennan, April 22, 2003
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    • ianmdrennan
    • April 22, 2003

34. How 'bout that?  

    By flyingstrauss, October 5, 2013
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    • angryelf
    • December 9, 2013

35. How a rear riser stall differs from a braked stall?  

    By p3h, December 26, 2011
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    • RichLees
    • December 26, 2011

36. How about PD starts making their stuff with sail material???  

    By stayhigh, December 12, 2009
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    • frost
    • December 14, 2009

37. How about some chow   1 2

    By ramon, August 18, 2003
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    • ramon
    • September 5, 2003

38. 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

39. how are you loading your Xaos-21  

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

40. How are you stowing your HMA lines(size and type of bands)  

    By fff3, September 7, 2007
    • 21 replies
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 16, 2007

41. How can I find Cobaltdan?  

    By alexey, October 5, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • October 5, 2002

42. how deep should new pond be?  

    By RichLees, February 12, 2012
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    • bob.dino
    • February 19, 2012

43. How did I surf?  

    By LittleOne, September 20, 2006
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • September 20, 2006

44. How do I get Demo canopies?  

    By AggieDave, April 3, 2002
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    • AggieDave
    • April 3, 2002

45. How do I get Demo canopies?  

    By AggieDave, April 3, 2002
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    • AggieDave
    • April 3, 2002

46. How do I make competition CP gates?  

    By seanlarose, June 11, 2009
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    • anonanon
    • June 21, 2009

47. How do i start working on hitting gates?  

    By Peej, August 23, 2006
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    • Peej
    • August 24, 2006

48. How do YOU demo a canopy?  

    By DJL, October 8, 2005
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    • ladyskydiver
    • October 10, 2005

49. How do you do your final turn on a swoop?  

    By sabrepilot25, March 3, 2010
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    • sabrepilot25
    • March 21, 2010

50. How do you feel about performance designs wing load chart?  

    By jephprospect, December 19, 2008
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    • Blink
    • December 23, 2008

51. How do you fly that fast!!!   1 2 3

    By lazerq3, May 16, 2002
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    • skymedic
    • June 14, 2003

52. How do you hook your Sabre2?  

    By Supergeil, November 26, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • November 27, 2003

53. how do you stow your rds lanyard  

    By adolfocamerano, November 23, 2013
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    • AggieDave
    • November 23, 2013

54. How does a canopy turn?   1 2

    By markbaur, December 20, 2001
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    • remko
    • November 11, 2003

55. How does a X-fire 2 perform if slightly underloaded?  

    By BlindBrick, October 28, 2005
    • 18 replies
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    • Widgeon
    • November 26, 2005

56. How does one sink a canopy in?  

    By TALONSKY, August 11, 2003
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    • Ron
    • August 14, 2003

57. How does one slam in to a tree?  

    By skyhighkiy, September 27, 2004
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    • meatbomb
    • September 30, 2004

58. How does one start?  

    By huka551, September 12, 2005
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    • Beverly
    • September 19, 2005

59. How does the CPC speed course look like?  

    By morris, March 10, 2008
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    • raymod2
    • March 16, 2008

60. How easy is it to pilot the canopy  

    By privera71, April 22, 2011
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    • EFS4LIFE
    • May 25, 2011

61. How elliptical must it be to be elliptical?  

    By tdog, May 9, 2005
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    • chayes12
    • May 10, 2005

62. How exactly is a swoop measured?  

    By humanflite, March 6, 2009
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    • humanflite
    • March 6, 2009

63. How far can one swoop with different approaches/conditions?  

    By jerry81, November 12, 2003
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    • davelepka
    • November 13, 2003

64. How has this been done??  

    By NealFitz, May 23, 2009
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    • txlottowinner
    • June 3, 2009

65. How high can you land msl ?  

    By chileanXaos, April 8, 2004
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    • chileanXaos
    • April 16, 2004

66. How high do you start your swoop   1 2

    By airborne82nd, December 26, 2006
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    • AdD
    • January 11, 2007

67. How is speedriding any different from...   1 2 3 4

    By jrjny, February 26, 2011
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    • danielcroft
    • September 30, 2011

68. how long till comfortable w/ a canopy?  

    By alterego84, December 20, 2006
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    • rhys
    • December 28, 2006

69. How low is too low to do flat turns in final?  

    By NicoNYC, September 18, 2002
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    • Michele
    • September 27, 2002

70. How Many Crossbraced Canopies at your DZ?  

    By Skydive2, February 26, 2003
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    • skygod7777
    • March 2, 2003

71. How Many Do You Stand Up?  

    By flyhi, June 18, 2008
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    • crashtested
    • July 26, 2008

72. How many jumps to get your ....  

    By speedy, March 26, 2007
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    • frost
    • March 27, 2007

73. how many of us were that guy? the one who everyone told to slow down our downsizing  

    By dharma1976, May 25, 2006
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    • berchtoldaj
    • June 3, 2006

74. How much Altitude do you loose on a 90, and 180 turn?  

    By Viking, January 4, 2006
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    • m1keymike
    • January 6, 2006

75. How much difference in loadings?   1 2

    By Jessica, April 30, 2003
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    • andy2
    • May 3, 2003

76. How much do you load your reserve?   1 2

    By deurich2003, April 5, 2004
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    • kansasskydiver
    • April 11, 2004

77. How much fun can a Sabre 2 190 be loaded at 1:1?   1 2

    By Viking, April 8, 2003
    • 33 replies
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • April 10, 2003

78. How much height does your canopy lose on 180 degree frontriser turs?   1 2 3

    By HCnorway, May 23, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 16, 2003

79. How NOT to demo a canopy  

    By RichM, April 24, 2002
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    • Dumpster
    • April 25, 2002

80. how not to look dangerous swooping at 1.25 WL?  

    By pchapman, March 2, 2004
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    • SkySlut
    • March 5, 2004

81. How often do you replace your Vectran lines.  

    By dsbbreck, January 28, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • January 29, 2004

82. how small can these canopies get!!!!? 34sqft?  

    By richardw38, September 12, 2012
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    • TMPattersonJr
    • September 16, 2012

83. how speedwings sizes are measured.  

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

84. how to attach removeable slider  

    By raymod2, May 28, 2007
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • May 29, 2007

85. How to build the perfect zone acc course?  

    By f94sbu, May 13, 2013
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    • f94sbu
    • May 14, 2013

86. how to come out of a swoop  

    By smkdvr628, January 23, 2007
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    • stayhigh
    • January 24, 2007

87. How to flare.  

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

88. how to fly katana?   1 2

    By skyshimas, April 15, 2008
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    • TMPattersonJr
    • May 2, 2008

89. How to gain more air time?  

    By d123, June 6, 2007
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    • davelepka
    • June 8, 2007

90. How to gain swoop distance  

    By grega, January 28, 2005
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    • Sabre1Lucke
    • January 28, 2005

91. How to get the most out of a canopy control class??.. .   1 2 3

    By SkydiveNFlorida, September 11, 2003
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    • marks
    • November 5, 2003

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

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

93. How to price a used canopy...  

    By vision, May 10, 2014
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    • verticalflyer
    • May 21, 2014

94. How to set Gates up  

    By skyfiend, January 26, 2011
    • 3 replies
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    • dragon2
    • January 27, 2011

95. How to sink in a X-braced wing?   1 2

    By Swoopthereitis, February 12, 2004
    • 43 replies
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    • alan
    • February 19, 2004

96. How to start the Blindman?  

    By tamagotchi, August 10, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • skyllama29
    • August 12, 2009

97. how to swoop  

    By aesalon, January 4, 2009
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    • sparkie
    • January 21, 2009

98. How to swoop !   1 2

    By rendezvous, January 10, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • January 26, 2002

99. How winds affect canopy flight...   1 2 3 4

    By frost, August 3, 2006
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    • audacium
    • August 29, 2006

100. how you loosen the chest strap?  

     By drenaline, July 16, 2002
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     • DanG
     • July 23, 2002