Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. When did you replace your HMA lines?  

   By Deano, February 19, 2005
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   • diablopilot
   • February 21, 2005

2. when do we GETSUM more??  

   By Allballs, January 8, 2007
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   • Allballs
   • January 9, 2007

3. When do/will you change your 350/300lb HMA lineset?  

   By rhys, July 25, 2008
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   • rhys
   • August 12, 2008

4. when is a pond swoop a pond swoop?  

   By skyedivr, October 7, 2002
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   • skygod7777
   • October 7, 2002

5. When is it OK to start learning to swoop?   1 2

   By Tonto, April 11, 2005
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   • justaflygirl
   • April 21, 2005

6. When is it okay?  

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

7. when is the right time to learn to use rear risers for surfing a landing?  

   By yoink, February 16, 2004
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   • BrianSGermain
   • February 17, 2004

8. when is your canopy-course!?  

   By virgin-burner, May 6, 2008
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   • agent_lead
   • May 7, 2008

9. When NOT to swoop a camera   1 2

   By skybytch, February 20, 2008
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   • Bolas
   • March 2, 2008

10. When Should The Thought Of Swooping.....   1 2 3

    By rgoper, March 9, 2002
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    • polarbear
    • March 14, 2002

11. When Swooping Do You...........?   1 2

    By Brumby, January 30, 2011
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    • bofh
    • July 19, 2011

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

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

13. When to start working on turns bigger than 90  

    By evan85, October 20, 2014
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    • hokierower
    • December 15, 2014

14. when to use rears???  

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

15. When/Where To Make Pattern Turns  

    By bqmassey, April 8, 2011
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    • bqmassey
    • April 19, 2011

16. Where can I buy an R.D.S?   1 2

    By Fritte, January 30, 2009
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    • RMURRAY
    • July 3, 2009

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

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

18. Where to buy a wind blade??  

    By buckleme, February 27, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 1, 2004

19. Where to find Fantasty of Flight Swoop Scores?  

    By kimgriffin, November 23, 2004
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • December 5, 2004

20. Where to find weight vest  

    By Vectracide, October 29, 2005
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    • DeDickeMoops
    • October 31, 2005

21. Where to go for Cheap hop n pops?  

    By MOONA, May 3, 2011
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    • Greig474
    • May 15, 2011

22. Where to start carve?  

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

23. Where to Swoop in January?  

    By NewClearSports, November 29, 2007
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    • Sabre1Lucke
    • January 10, 2008

24. where to take a canopy course  

    By superstu, October 4, 2003
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    • bobsled92
    • October 12, 2003

25. Where's Greg now?  

    By basejumper1, February 16, 2007
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    • basejumper1
    • February 16, 2007

26. Which cross brace Canopy have the best opening?  

    By mar.rei, December 16, 2009
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    • NexGenSkydiver
    • December 18, 2009

27. Which crossbrace Canopy have the lowest front riser pressure? Velo, VX, V-Max, or what ever?  

    By mar.rei, November 30, 2009
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    • rhys
    • December 6, 2009

28. which crossbraced has the least twitchyness  

    By airborne82nd, December 19, 2006
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    • cobaltdan
    • December 21, 2006

29. which digital alti is best  

    By daleskydive, March 28, 2012
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    • phoenixlpr
    • April 2, 2012

30. Which gets the better Swoop?  

    By Freakflyer804, September 3, 2003
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    • Kirils
    • September 5, 2003

31. Which gives higher speed - a short or a long recovery arc  

    By gainer, July 14, 2009
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    • superstu
    • July 15, 2009

32. Which is more dangerous  

    By CanuckInUSA, July 14, 2003
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    • sneaky
    • July 15, 2003

33. Which is the highest WL, that you have flown?   1 2

    By freeflydemon, June 10, 2007
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    • stayhigh
    • July 7, 2007

34. Which method produces more speed for the swoop??   1 2

    By rhino, May 12, 2003
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    • listo
    • May 15, 2003

35. Which RDS do you fly   1 2

    By packing_jarrett, November 28, 2006
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    • davelepka
    • November 30, 2006

36. Who has a swoop club?  

    By timmyfitz, June 11, 2007
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    • timmyfitz
    • June 11, 2007

37. Who has a Visions canopy  

    By nicolesser, September 22, 2004
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    • sdkd1995
    • May 22, 2014

38. Who is coming to CPC meet #5   1 2

    By DALAILAMA, April 29, 2009
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    • piahenzi
    • May 15, 2009

39. Who is from Aerodyne ?  

    By nicolesser, November 1, 2004
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    • NickB
    • November 4, 2004

40. Who is running Skydive Chicago CPC and When is it?  

    By shadowswoop97, May 2, 2005
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • May 19, 2005

41. who or where was swooping invented?  

    By agent_lead, August 23, 2006
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    • frost
    • August 30, 2006

42. Who owns Icarus   1 2

    By kj126, August 26, 2004
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    • jose
    • September 2, 2004

43. Who's coming to Nationals?  

    By diablopilot, August 18, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • August 22, 2005

44. Who's Flying What???   1 2

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

45. Who's going to Red Bull Blade Raid at Crystal Mountain?  

    By oosskis, January 28, 2008
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    • KEVINLOVE
    • January 31, 2008

46. who's going to Red Bull wings in Houston this week?  

    By ramon, March 11, 2003
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    • freeflyguy
    • March 15, 2003

47. Who's the guy in the picture?  

    By Laszloimage, March 5, 2009
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    • WesDes
    • March 5, 2009

48. whuffo media describes swooping  

    By keithbar, July 19, 2009
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    • EduardoVincente
    • June 2, 2010

49. Why an Elliptical?  

    By Islandcool, October 7, 2004
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    • Tonto
    • October 14, 2004

50. Why do I get better hooks from my toggles?  

    By swoopinmav, May 31, 2006
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    • LawnDart21
    • June 1, 2006

51. Why does my FX suck?  

    By packing_jarrett, March 1, 2008
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    • dharma1976
    • March 7, 2008

52. Why front riser turns the canopy the way it does?  

    By sjc, January 28, 2009
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    • schmit.paul
    • February 8, 2009

53. Why grip the riser's as high as possible?  

    By speedy, May 9, 2005
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    • speedy
    • May 10, 2005

54. 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

55. Why is Toggle hooking considered the devil??  

    By Viking, April 22, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 24, 2002

56. Why no visor?  

    By bofh, March 7, 2011
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    • bofh
    • March 8, 2011

57. why only 9  

    By Yoshi, March 31, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 1, 2004

58. why the switching?  

    By swooper81, August 24, 2006
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    • marks
    • August 25, 2006

59. Why Velocity is so popular?   1 2 3 4 5

    By Sangi, November 25, 2009
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    • ianmdrennan
    • December 10, 2009

60. why was Shannon Pilcher not allowed to compete in the World Cup?  

    By Newbie, December 25, 2003
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    • Newbie
    • December 26, 2003

61. Why would you want to??????   1 2

    By dgskydive, September 19, 2003
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    • beowulf
    • September 22, 2003

62. Whys the limit on the 360?   1 2

    By jeremyneas, February 26, 2004
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    • ChasingBlueSky
    • March 23, 2004

63. Wicked Liquid Swoop Boogie   1 2

    By jcosta, July 14, 2006
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    • ntacfreefly
    • August 18, 2006

64. Wicked video. Swooping the beach in synch, jet pack & CRW.  

    By andyturner, June 8, 2010
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    • Waldschrat
    • June 16, 2010

65. Wild Deployment   1 2

    By rgoper, April 29, 2003
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    • rgoper
    • May 1, 2003

66. Wildwood PST pictures  

    By staceyH, July 8, 2004
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    • shunkka
    • July 12, 2004

67. Wildwood Roll Call  

    By berchtoldaj, June 3, 2006
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    • berchtoldaj
    • June 3, 2006

68. Wildwood Swoop Comp?  

    By koz2000, July 6, 2004
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    • jdfreefly
    • July 9, 2004

69. Wildwood USPA Nationals   1 2 3 4

    By FFAdventures, February 22, 2006
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    • berchtoldaj
    • September 4, 2006

70. will he kill himself?  

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

71. Will the distance and speed records be broken at Big Boy Pants???  

    By superstu, July 19, 2011
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    • berchtoldaj
    • July 20, 2011

72. Wind and Canopies  

    By airdolphin, July 11, 2002
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    • quade
    • July 18, 2002

73. Wind blade poles  

    By mccurley, February 17, 2005
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    • mccurley
    • February 18, 2005

74. Wind hold at PD Challenge  

    By howtosee, January 5, 2007
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • January 8, 2007

75. Wind Penetration and Turbolence   1 2

    By Signo, July 8, 2008
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    • yoink
    • July 11, 2008

76. Wind penetration in your swoop  

    By AggieDave, June 16, 2006
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    • AggieDave
    • June 17, 2006

77. Wind Resistance, chicken/egg question...  

    By skydivah1, February 26, 2014
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    • Polorutz
    • March 1, 2014

78. wind shear-  

    By YISkyDive, January 30, 2006
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    • bob.dino
    • January 30, 2006

79. Windblades in deep water how-to?  

    By blueshrew, April 4, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 5, 2003

80. Wing Load -  

    By freeflyguy, December 15, 2001
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    • freeflyguy
    • December 18, 2001

81. Wing Load and Canopy Flight Speed  

    By PrairieDoug, May 13, 2004
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    • crazy
    • May 14, 2004

82. Wing load and type of canopy for competition  

    By cedricveigarios, January 30, 2013
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    • ozzy13
    • February 13, 2013

83. Wing Load too high?  

    By leftfoot, July 2, 2008
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    • rmarshall234
    • August 12, 2008

84. Wing Load: Profile Update  

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

85. Wing loading  

    By Emma, July 16, 2002
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    • bobsoutar
    • September 25, 2002

86. Wing Loading  

    By DaleThornton, January 3, 2002
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • May 1, 2007

87. Wing loading  

    By garyharbird, June 2, 2003
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    • crazy
    • June 5, 2003

88. Wing Loading  

    By Hooknswoop, March 24, 2002
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    • Hooknswoop
    • March 25, 2002

89. Wing Loading a comp Velo.  

    By Canuckflyr, August 17, 2012
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    • f94sbu
    • August 18, 2012

90. Wing loading and high flare  

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

91. wing loading at higher altitudes??  

    By newbian, September 18, 2003
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    • Tonto
    • September 19, 2003

92. Wing Loading Help me out ????  

    By airborne82nd, March 21, 2007
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    • bob.dino
    • March 22, 2007

93. Wing loading levels  

    By skydive84, June 20, 2003
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    • Ron
    • June 24, 2003

94. Wing loading question  

    By andrewstewart, September 27, 2002
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    • Remster
    • September 27, 2002

95. Wing Loading, a practical explaination.  

    By northcave, June 30, 2007
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    • kallend
    • July 2, 2007

96. Wing Loading, how high  

    By jambrich, March 26, 2008
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    • kj126
    • April 10, 2008

97. Wing loadings and skipping sizes  

    By flyingstrauss, February 3, 2011
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    • DocPop
    • February 14, 2011

98. WingLoad - more accurate!  

    By format, March 6, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 6, 2008

99. Wingload Calculation  

    By FreakOnALeash, March 7, 2002
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    • prost
    • March 7, 2002

100. wingload speed   1 2

     By jephprospect, July 12, 2010
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     • castrodavidd
     • August 3, 2010