Definitions?

[Jessica 0]

Corking? Funneling? What do they mean? I've picked up a lot of lingo since I started this foolishness but I can't gather the meanings of these two from context clues.

[lummy 4]

I'm not the expert, but my understanding is is that Corking is a freefall term when you shoot up relative to the other freefallers, kinda like a cork under water will shoot up.
Funneling is a RW term for when a a part of a formation falls apart and goes low.
How close am I?

[SkySlut 0]

corking is popping up on a formation. For example, say you are in a group doing some sitfly or headsdown and you screw up and get flat for some reason...you pop up like a rocket compared to the formation. The bad thing with this is that someone may be above you in some fashion and there is a possibility that you could hit them. That would be bad.
Funneling is getting in someones burble. When you hit the burble you fall into them. Say that you are launching a 4 way exit and someone isnt presented in the relative wind, but instead they are right on top of a teammate. That causes you to fall into them, thus causing a mess. That person that you fell into may have a grip on someone and then it just dominoes from there. Everybody seems to fall into each other down the middle...and there you have it...a funnel.
-Slut
"I'll jump anything!"

[Slowfaller 0]

corking was described to me as when, for example, 3 ppl are in a head down dive and one of them loses it. that persone goes on his/her belly and "corks" because of the drastic deceleration.

as far as funneling i think its when you exit the plane when its turning so there isnt really any foward speed, but dont quote me on it.
blue skies, cold beer
chris

[sangiro 26]

Heya - check out the Skydiving Glossary in the Safety & Training section for a few more. I didn't see corking on there...but funnel is...Safe swoops
Sangiro

[slotperfect 7]

And my favorite . . . the "righteous funnel."
Respectfully,
SP

[SpeedRacer 1]

Corking is dangerous because when people fly head down they do 170 mph, but belly down they do 120 mph. So if a group is doing head down, and someone is beneath someone else & transitions to belly-down, (s)he can smack into someone above at up to a relative speed of 50 mph (170-120) (assuming they completely decelerate to 120 before impact) Actually of course its the head-down person above who smacks downward into the belly down person. But to the grooup it looks like the belly-down person just popped up like a cork in the water.
Speed Racer

[SkySlut 0]

Ever see the South Park skydiving shirt??? "You flat bastard! You corked Kenny!!!" Fairly entertaining...
-Slut
"I'll jump anything!"

[cloud9 0]

Corking is taking the cork out of the bottle. Funneling is what you do with the contents of the bottle after you get the cork out. Hic
Some fun eh!

[PLFXpert 0]

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Corking is dangerous because when people fly head down they do 170 mph, but belly down they do 120 mph. So if a group is doing head down, and someone is beneath someone else & transitions to belly-down, (s)he can smack into someone

This is why it's so important for new freeflyers to learn *progressively.* That is, don't go straight for head down. Learn how to really work a sit-fly and flip back into sit and kartwheel back into sit, ext. so that when you try headdown, when you mess up, you can easily transition to a sit so as to prevent corking. Bottom line is, if you mess up freeflying, STAY SMALL! Corking can be very dangerous.
I wanted to go straight for head down and my boyfriend, instead made me follow a progressive pattern. I am thankful he didMuch love and blue skies,
Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/