Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. CPC Championships invitation list   1 2

   By CanopyPiloting, August 26, 2005
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   • LoudDan
   • September 9, 2005

2. katana  

   By freakyflyr11, October 24, 2003
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   • Dazzle
   • October 29, 2003

3. What can i expect  

   By Squeak, October 24, 2007
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   • ORANGENBLUE
   • October 29, 2007

4. Max vertical descent rate  

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

5. Simple Crossfire Question  

   By airborne82nd, November 27, 2006
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   • rhys
   • November 30, 2006

6. small canopy  

   By mantebi, September 23, 2003
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   • sangiro
   • September 23, 2003

7. Turn Altitude Start  

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

8. Who's Flying What???   1 2

   By skydivenagasaki, February 21, 2006
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   • skydivenagasaki
   • February 25, 2006

9. Hell of a time deciding.... Xaos27? Vx? Velocity? Fx?   1 2

   By rhino, July 11, 2005
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   • rhino
   • July 14, 2005

10. old age is hell  

    By D22369, February 11, 2012
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    • grimmie
    • February 23, 2012

11. blade running   1 2

    By JayhawkJumper, June 27, 2003
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    • RichM
    • July 4, 2003

12. XF2 against Airlocked canopies....  

    By rhino, January 25, 2004
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    • monkeyKam
    • February 1, 2004

13. Anyone flown the Stiletto 89?  

    By freeflydrew, May 19, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • May 20, 2004

14. Ideal Velocity Wingloadings ??  

    By Skydive2, August 27, 2002
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    • jdhill
    • August 29, 2002

15. swoop picture series  

    By clusterit, September 26, 2002
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • October 2, 2002

16. Katana long snivelling openings...?  

    By Heycharger, December 13, 2020
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    • nwt
    • December 23, 2020

17. Finding the Perfect Canopy  

    By BrianSGermain, December 21, 2006
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 8, 2007

18. Where do you usually abort your high speed landing approach?  

    By phoenixlpr, June 7, 2007
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    • phoenixlpr
    • June 12, 2007

19. pd's orange vectran  

    By shogo, June 8, 2015
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    • shogo
    • June 8, 2015

20. canopy stability  

    By flyhy, July 28, 2003
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    • flyhy
    • August 22, 2003

21. anyone know of dyneema lines?  

    By bendover, June 17, 2007
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    • jakee
    • June 20, 2007

22. PD Factory Team short vid  

    By ianmdrennan, November 1, 2009
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    • ficus
    • November 2, 2009

23. What efforts has your DZ made?  

    By Bolas, July 16, 2007
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    • diablopilot
    • August 3, 2007

24. I am curious about the difference between  

    By Michele, April 10, 2003
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    • D22369
    • April 14, 2003

25. Swoop Pond Pictures  

    By sellemt, June 10, 2010
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    • dqpacker
    • June 10, 2010

26. sabre hard opening  

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

27. X-Fire2 front riser pressure  

    By kansasskydiver, March 22, 2004
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    • kansasskydiver
    • March 24, 2004

28. Pond Use Procedures  

    By michaelqld, July 12, 2013
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    • DocPop
    • July 12, 2013

29. Crossfire 2 VS Stilletto  

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

30. To swoop or not to swoop  

    By CanuckInUSA, February 12, 2003
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    • rhino
    • February 13, 2003

31. Ponds in Canada  

    By mx19, October 19, 2014
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    • jayrech
    • November 9, 2014

32. Canopy control question...  

    By BobB, August 19, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • August 20, 2003

33. Difficulty with chest strap after opening....  

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

34. Southeast CPC Meet #2 - West Tennessee   1 2

    By ianmdrennan, May 19, 2005
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    • marks
    • June 6, 2005

35. Canopy Progression after a long Layoff.  

    By hparrish, October 25, 2007
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    • hparrish
    • October 29, 2007

36. SOMEWHERE 4200  

    By tontonBlurp, June 29, 2014
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    • jumpsalot-2
    • July 3, 2014

37. Stilletto's Rock!  

    By fedykin, October 18, 2002
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    • Zoltan
    • October 21, 2002

38. Wisdom for New Swoopers  

    By AdD, May 26, 2011
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    • millertimeunc
    • May 30, 2011

39. Good ankle supports for swooping  

    By skow, May 9, 2017
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    • DougH
    • May 15, 2017

40. differences between stiletto/short recovery arc and crossfire/long recovery arc  

    By rhys, January 4, 2007
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    • airborne82nd
    • January 5, 2007

41. DZO Bans Hook Turns-advice?  

    By blair700, January 8, 2004
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    • craddock
    • January 9, 2004

42. any risk of dynamic stall ?  

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

43. Post your speedriding/speedflying pics!  

    By justinhawxhurst, March 4, 2009
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    • AdD
    • May 10, 2009

44. How does one slam in to a tree?  

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

45. Full brakes does what?  

    By jumper03, July 22, 2003
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    • VectorBoy
    • July 25, 2003

46. canopy choice  

    By Yoshi, July 16, 2002
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    • skycat
    • August 17, 2002

47. Ground launching  

    By climbcarolinas, August 25, 2008
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    • climbcarolinas
    • August 30, 2008

48. What would happen if you were going for a swoop landing...  

    By autoset, April 21, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • April 25, 2007

49. Where to start carve?  

    By base698, March 17, 2002
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    • diver123
    • March 19, 2002

50. Nitron vs X-Fire 2 at 1.5  

    By BlindBrick, January 21, 2012
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    • buyaka96
    • January 22, 2012

51. Sabre2 Appreciation Video  

    By ManBird, September 17, 2004
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    • volo
    • September 20, 2004

52. Clay!!!  

    By freebird, January 21, 2002
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    • SkydiveMonkey
    • January 21, 2002

53. Demoing: Cobalt vs. Samurai  

    By flyingferret, April 12, 2002
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    • Spy38W
    • April 15, 2002

54. Anatomy of a high performance landing  

    By raymod2, June 24, 2003
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    • BrianSGermain
    • May 25, 2006

55. Rear Riser Landings  

    By jfields, September 24, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 25, 2002

56. Stall Surge on Tandems (or sport rigs)  

    By crazydiver, January 27, 2006
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    • Calvin19
    • January 31, 2006

57. Re: [freeflyn] The new TEAM EXTREME!  

    By swooper81, September 8, 2006
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    • RMURRAY
    • September 11, 2006

58. Blue HMA lines  

    By baronn, June 11, 2008
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    • masterrigger1
    • June 14, 2008

59. Katana Question  

    By skydived19006, September 15, 2011
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    • LetsGoOutside
    • September 15, 2011

60. Swoop for the Cause  

    By berchtoldaj, August 15, 2005
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    • berchtoldaj
    • September 29, 2005

61. Jedei Swept Wing  

    By jambrich, March 31, 2008
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    • jambrich
    • April 14, 2008

62. Heatwave vs Hornet  

    By SkydiveMonkey, October 20, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 3, 2002

63. Griffin 135 Canapy  

    By zulu, September 14, 2015
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    • piisfish
    • September 16, 2015

64. What to do about ignorance.  

    By pairashooter, July 2, 2008
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    • jimoke1
    • July 9, 2008

65. Hitlers Swoop Comp  

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

66. HMA Revisted  

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

67. JVX vs. VX  

    By superstu, July 6, 2006
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    • superstu
    • July 6, 2006

68. 270  

    By zlstone, May 30, 2008
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    • dharma1976
    • June 2, 2008

69. Just for Bruno....  

    By Treejumps, September 18, 2003
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    • freeflydrew
    • September 19, 2003

70. To back riser or not to back riser...  

    By garywainwright, December 9, 2002
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    • diveout
    • December 16, 2002

71. PD Pulse  

    By lucia, April 15, 2009
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    • Blink
    • April 15, 2009

72. Premature Line wear from slider (Solution)  

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

73. Risk vs. Progression  

    By BlindBrick, September 29, 2005
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    • raymod2
    • September 30, 2005

74. Best glide  

    By johnny1488, October 23, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • October 25, 2003

75. PD extreme team  

    By udaw, October 28, 2006
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    • Vectracide
    • November 7, 2006

76. X-fire 129 down to a x-fire 119  

    By vortexr1, January 6, 2012
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    • andym148
    • March 27, 2012

77. pack volume from petra  

    By C68, February 5, 2015
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    • C68
    • February 9, 2015

78. Question for X-braced pilots  

    By skynole, July 30, 2003
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    • twnsnd
    • August 27, 2003

79. Recommended Canopy Size  

    By freebird, July 25, 2002
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    • freebird
    • August 2, 2002

80. Next Step...90 Degree Front Riser  

    By ChromeBoy, March 8, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 10, 2002

81. Scores EST finals Lake Bussloo Beach Netherlands  

    By ParaShoot, September 2, 2006
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    • JohanW
    • September 13, 2006

82. learning to swoop  

    By LilZilla, April 5, 2005
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    • djd
    • April 8, 2005

83. Nose Tuck Under on Xaos: Just out of Curiosity?  

    By namdrib, July 2, 2004
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    • Xaosrules
    • July 3, 2004

84. swoop bowling anyone ??  

    By geofsmth, November 19, 2008
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    • chuckakers
    • November 24, 2008

85. European Swooping Events 2008  

    By ParaShoot, January 2, 2008
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    • ParaShoot
    • February 6, 2008

86. Best DZ for canopy (including swooping) coaching?  

    By Zenister, February 10, 2008
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    • sclosoma
    • March 13, 2008

87. swoop by beep, Neptune vs. Optima  

    By phoenixlpr, September 25, 2007
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    • UDSkyJunkie
    • October 3, 2007

88. Canopy control for AFF  

    By Tisket, August 18, 2014
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    • Tisket
    • August 25, 2014

89. PD Storm to Katana  

    By Heycharger, December 30, 2019
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    • Heycharger
    • June 29, 2020

90. Daedalus GLS XF  

    By bob.dino, October 18, 2006
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    • bob.dino
    • October 18, 2006

91. I've converted Jerry Sobiesky's paper to M$ Word  

    By RichM, February 28, 2003
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    • relyon
    • March 13, 2003

92. NorCal Canopy Pilots Association 2011  

    By jacketsdb23, February 22, 2011
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    • jacketsdb23
    • May 16, 2011

93. Progression into Swooping  

    By rhino, February 16, 2002
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    • AggieDave
    • February 20, 2002

94. Camera for recording landings specs?  

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

95. safire vs spectre  

    By dragon2, May 14, 2003
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    • MGentry26
    • May 29, 2003

96. 2005 Florida swoop schedule  

    By chayes12, February 24, 2005
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    • LoudDan
    • April 1, 2005

97. Swoop comp at Fantasy of FLight?  

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

98. FX vs. Chaos-21  

    By diverds, February 9, 2002
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    • base698
    • February 11, 2002

99. Choosing initiation altitude at different dropzones  

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

100. Registration Lake Bussloo Beach Swoop Holland  

     By ParaShoot, July 25, 2006
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     • ParaShoot
     • July 25, 2006