Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. GLS Flight Characteristics?  

   By Sonic_freefly, March 24, 2006
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   • freeflyn
   • November 7, 2012

2. New Parachutist Centerfold Swoop Pic...  

   By AggieDave, October 5, 2002
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   • chris
   • February 25, 2003

3. Florida Sanctioned Summer Swoop Series  

   By JT-Mirage, March 22, 2004
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   • JT-Mirage
   • March 31, 2004

4. Thoughts on Removable Deployment Systems  

   By SkymonkeyONE, July 8, 2004
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   • Rdutch
   • July 8, 2004

5. Ball Pit  

   By Bloomin0nion12, July 28, 2015
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   • skow
   • July 29, 2015

6. Learn More, Live Longer...  

   By BrianSGermain, March 8, 2004
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   • Amazon
   • March 19, 2004

7. Noob question: harness on final?  

   By danielcroft, September 13, 2008
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   • dharma1976
   • September 21, 2008

8. 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

9. X-aos vs Vx  

   By blu, June 27, 2003
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   • blu
   • July 9, 2003

10. xaos 21 vs 27  

    By bakingjason, April 1, 2010
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    • Martini
    • April 23, 2010

11. Lead  

    By DrewEckhardt, November 7, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • November 12, 2003

12. Help choosing new canopy?  

    By Grisu, October 24, 2008
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    • Grisu
    • October 29, 2008

13. Flight Controls  

    By NewClearSports, November 20, 2006
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    • LearningTOfly
    • December 3, 2006

14. Manual for Pisa Hornet  

    By vellu, August 26, 2015
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    • wasatchrider
    • September 12, 2015

15. Ranch Pond Swoop Meet Finals  

    By johnny1488, September 26, 2005
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    • johnny1488
    • October 17, 2005

16. Burble collapse  

    By Skydave103, September 24, 2008
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    • peggs82
    • October 18, 2008

17. Z-Hills Pond Swoop Pics  

    By tkhayes, September 1, 2003
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    • flynhi
    • September 10, 2003

18. Awesome Dubai swoop videos  

    By skydiverek, November 17, 2010
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    • Remster
    • November 23, 2010

19. SEVEN verses NINE  

    By 12bhi, March 2, 2003
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    • ltdiver
    • March 17, 2003

20. 2008 Australian Canopy Piloting Nationals  

    By michaelqld, January 2, 2008
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    • dugy
    • February 27, 2008

21. Initiation Altitude  

    By flyhi, November 8, 2005
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    • Swooopa-x
    • November 24, 2005

22. Freestyle Pipe dream...   1 2

    By CanopyPiloting, May 24, 2005
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    • Peej
    • May 27, 2005

23. PST Swoop in Oregon  

    By tribalflyer, July 28, 2003
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    • linestretch
    • August 1, 2003

24. Pink Canopy Piloting Open at Skydive Pink Klatovy Aug 15-18, 2008  

    By pinkskyvan, July 7, 2008
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    • rodmud
    • August 20, 2008

25. Landing!  

    By SallyKate, September 8, 2003
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    • NewClearSports
    • September 26, 2003

26. Heatwave or Safire?  

    By yarik, August 25, 2003
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    • D22369
    • August 29, 2003

27. CRCPL, Inside the League VIDEO  

    By Kynan1, October 1, 2012
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    • Kynan1
    • October 2, 2012

28. Simple Canopy Control Advice Needed  

    By JayCam, June 7, 2005
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    • wmw999
    • June 16, 2005

29. video  

    By superstu, October 13, 2004
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    • volo
    • October 17, 2004

30. 2001 Pond Swooping Nationals Video  

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

31. Crossfire 2 In Turbulence?  

    By EVOL, July 8, 2010
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    • EVOL
    • July 10, 2010

32. Downsizing  

    By Caseadilla, September 26, 2003
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • October 10, 2003

33. how to come out of a swoop  

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

34. Need opinions - Sabre2 @ 0.8-0.9 (first rig, A lic. jumper)  

    By Chubba, July 30, 2008
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    • cefey
    • August 12, 2008

35. front riser buffet  

    By Helopitts, February 19, 2013
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 4, 2013

36. Southeast CPC location change - THIS WEEKEND (20 August)   1 2

    By ianmdrennan, August 16, 2005
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    • marks
    • August 24, 2005

37. Velocity updates from 99 to now?  

    By freeflye73, October 7, 2007
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    • AggieDave
    • October 20, 2007

38. ASC swoop meet results  

    By coconutmonkey, November 5, 2002
    • 14 replies
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    • Ducky
    • November 11, 2002

39. World free fall conv swoop comp  

    By rcc, July 10, 2006
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • September 15, 2006

40. Letting go of toggles  

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

41. blindman video  

    By skygod7777, March 31, 2004
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    • skygod7777
    • April 2, 2004

42. Canopy Piloting Circuit 2005 ~ SoCal District  

    By flycurt, January 5, 2005
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    • flycurt
    • March 3, 2005

43. Wanting to learn  

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

44. Leaning forward in harness  

    By RTB, January 17, 2004
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    • freeflydrew
    • January 19, 2004

45. Aerodyne's new mamba??????  

    By sight_burner, September 1, 2005
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    • slotperfect
    • September 1, 2005

46. Carving Question!  

    By crawford, February 3, 2004
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    • HCnorway
    • February 11, 2004

47. Freestyle moves and starting freestyle  

    By NexGenSkydiver, April 17, 2008
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    • phoenixlpr
    • April 23, 2008

48. when to use rears???  

    By swoopfly, October 19, 2009
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    • Pendragon
    • October 24, 2009

49. Freestyle moves  

    By hexentrics, April 15, 2016
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    • Brutus
    • April 18, 2016

50. Leaning forward...  

    By BigJap, May 2, 2006
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    • Spizzzarko
    • May 10, 2006

51. Altitude control in the pattern  

    By thomas.n.thomas, June 26, 2012
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    • thomas.n.thomas
    • July 12, 2012

52. xaos-27...@ GROUNG ZERO  

    By diveout, March 15, 2003
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    • diveout
    • March 25, 2003

53. How does one sink a canopy in?  

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

54. How does one start?  

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

55. Canopy Speed ?  

    By jumperconway, October 23, 2003
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    • VectorBoy
    • October 24, 2003

56. WFFC 2004 Swoop Results  

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

57. 540 hookturns  

    By Palsson, September 26, 2004
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    • BMFin
    • October 1, 2004

58. Some swoops at the Farm today  

    By Divalent, June 12, 2011
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    • missbrz
    • June 13, 2011

59. ZP exe 155 and swoop progression  

    By WayneRATS, November 10, 2003
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    • twnsnd
    • November 13, 2003

60. Why i had a bad meet or Why my swoop went wrong - Excuses.  

    By frost, April 27, 2009
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    • DALAILAMA
    • April 28, 2009

61. Typical ground launch slope  

    By piisfish, November 18, 2004
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • November 24, 2004

62. New European pond  

    By skydivex3m, June 17, 2015
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    • SVinRider
    • June 18, 2015

63. When to migrate to 450's & 720's  

    By hparrish, October 13, 2009
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    • kamalasound
    • November 16, 2009

64. Wing loading and high flare  

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

65. Faster vs. more flare power  

    By grega, June 20, 2003
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    • grega
    • June 29, 2003

66. FORUM BENEFIT  

    By chachi, January 3, 2007
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    • Tonto
    • January 8, 2007

67. SpeedFlying Tandem  

    By sysop, May 1, 2008
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    • shropshire
    • May 4, 2008

68. new video  

    By superstu, November 22, 2005
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    • marks
    • November 22, 2005

69. 2008 US Master Calendar  

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

70. Swoop comp Belgium: Black Mountain Swoop competition June 10-13  

    By Herckydude, March 18, 2011
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    • grim
    • May 30, 2011

71. Using altis to gauge swoop height  

    By conor, September 5, 2003
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    • trigger
    • October 23, 2003

72. Help getting Spectre 230 to "shut down"  

    By Anvilbrother, October 3, 2005
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    • The111
    • November 17, 2005

73. Info on Dash-M  

    By rsein, March 30, 2005
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    • foxyroxtail
    • April 19, 2005

74. Nationals 2005 Canopy Piloting  

    By ianmdrennan, September 8, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 12, 2005

75. REAL CANOPY COMPARATIVE DATA > SZ 120-135/139-150  

    By benforde, July 8, 2004
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    • diveout
    • July 13, 2004

76. slinks  

    By freeflyJoe, February 12, 2009
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    • jurgencamps
    • February 18, 2009

77. Aerodynamics of the FR turns  

    By unkulunkulu, August 5, 2013
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    • DocPop
    • August 5, 2013

78. similar to Samurai?  

    By fool, October 31, 2002
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    • fool
    • November 12, 2002

79. articulation effecting carving/harness turning  

    By andy2, November 4, 2003
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    • hookitt
    • November 5, 2003

80. 25 Ways to become a better canopy pilot  

    By strop45, August 26, 2011
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    • linebckr83
    • September 7, 2011

81. canopy wing loading  

    By caldefly, September 22, 2008
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    • billvon
    • September 22, 2008

82. Trying to Fly canopy snowboarding?  

    By markovwgti, November 13, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • November 17, 2008

83. Fear and Lothing in canopy selection  

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

84. GT-R vs jfx2  

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

85. Shallow turns in ground effect.  

    By VectorBoy, January 17, 2003
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    • quade
    • January 17, 2003

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

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

87. Backriser tape  

    By Wharewaka, September 28, 2008
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    • VectorBoy
    • October 3, 2008

88. Would you SWOOP through this?  

    By clint, August 28, 2004
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • August 31, 2004

89. 20" or 21" in a katana  

    By skydiveelis, May 7, 2006
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    • Pablito
    • May 16, 2006

90. ouch  

    By fool, September 24, 2002
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    • fool
    • September 26, 2002

91. old school sabre  

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

92. Has this test ever been done  

    By gainer, April 3, 2009
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    • kameraflyr
    • April 5, 2009

93. Demo a xaos 27  

    By CKSCUBA, May 2, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • May 4, 2007

94. Current & Former Jedei Owners  

    By Zennie, January 14, 2002
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    • Designer
    • January 26, 2002

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

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

96. Wing Load: Profile Update  

    By sangiro, October 20, 2003
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    • lewmonst
    • October 24, 2003

97. Well, I'm hooked  

    By StevePhelps, October 18, 2005
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    • twnsnd
    • October 23, 2005

98. Hansie wins Speed event in Colorado? Rumor?  

    By SkymonkeyONE, June 9, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • June 14, 2006

99. Springo Vs Velocity  

    By fpmurphy, May 13, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • May 13, 2005

100. Austrian Nationals and Open at Skydive Pink Klatovy from August 18-20,2006  

     By pinkskyvan, August 18, 2006
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     • jurgencamps
     • August 21, 2006