phonics1981 0 #1 August 2, 2003 Last week end I did a jump where an instructor followed my out. When we landed he said he noticed that on exit I turned left. After thinking back to othe jumps i realised that I ALWAYS turn left on exit. Why is this? As far as i can see my body position is ok and i'm stable straight away apart from this left turn. I never got a chance to ask the instructor about this cos he was straight up on the next lift. Any help appreciated ------------------------------------------------------ "Ive given up on sigs cos I make a mess of them!" ------------------------------------------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 #2 August 2, 2003 Hi I'm no expert but... I, and some other students at the time had similar problems during our student progression. Around the five to fifteen second delay jumps ('old' progression, not AFF). Your body-awareness gets better each jump, but until then, you may be just slightly assymetrical without realising it. Dirt-diving and visualisation helps - as realistically as possible (hear the engines, the wind, feel the cold, etc.). Make each visualised jump a good one ... on heading, in control, having fun... A trick which happened to work for me too, was to pick a spot on the plane's wing, and look at it, but not just in the general direction of the plane - actually stare at a tiny spot of dirt, or the hinge on the flaps, until you really can't see it anymore ... by that time you'll have a good airspeed, you wouldn't have been too conscious of your body, thereby relaxing into what your body knows it can already do - fall stable and straight. There are loads more tricks which work for some, not others, ask around ... that is what helped it 'click' for me. ...and that's assuming you're facing forward on exit! If you're diving,jump out about 45 degrees and just let the air take you that bit more to end up facing 180 to the direction of the plane. Enjoy it! Blue skies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #3 August 2, 2003 There are two possibilities-- 1) your body position is inducing the turn 2) you are pushing off the plane and causing it The fix in either case is the same-- awareness and adjustment. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #4 August 2, 2003 What plane are you exiting? If it's a C182, which exit are you using? Are you in the door (dynamic), on the step (poised), on the strut (hanging) or in the door (diving)? There are different ways you could exit a little unstable for different exits. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
