The111 1 #1 August 6, 2004 This might seem like a stupid question... the obvious answer is, try it out and see what happens! Which I intend to do, and I have done already but I wanted to make sure my data computes with everyone else's. Last weekend I was experimenting with leg control, since I think my leg awareness in general is where my intermittent instability comes from. The same has been true in other areas of skydiving, I usually have poor leg awareness when learning something new. So, I was flying with my legs in a somewhat "medium" extension... not knees-locked but not super-bent either. I was experimenting by picking one foot up higher than the other (bending that leg at the knee), and it seemed to me that I would turn TOWARD the side with the bent leg. But I wasn't quite sure because it seemed like I might be subconsciously doing something with my upper body too... and when I asked a VERY experienced skydiver and WS pilot @ the DZ, he told me the opposite should be true... I should be turning AWAY from the bent leg. I will experiment more tomorrow but I'm curious what others have to say. When I think about it analytically, it seems I should turn toward the bent leg (since the other side of my body is now in a fast position with a straighter leg, it will drive faster and start to turn about the slow side - make any sense?).www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TALONSKY 0 #2 August 6, 2004 Leg turns are a great way to do flat turns (or turn that do not lose alot of altitude). I have been using them for a while now. It does work that the leg up pick up is the way you turn. There is a link to a video of manbird doing a leg turn somewhere on this forum. Kirk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #3 August 6, 2004 Yeh, I found it here, it was actually a reply to one of my posts, and I remember watching it. It's hard for me to see everything that's going on, but it does seem to reinforce what he says (the opposite of what I thought) - that he lifted his right leg to turn left. I'll have to try it some more...www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petetheladd 0 #4 August 6, 2004 It probably because you are using a knee to turn ala RW instead of the foot. push one foot down(keeping leg wing taut) and you should turn the opposite way No, Not without incident Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
