Aerobatics 101!!! Need help.

[Courteney 0]

Hey there,

Greetings from the lone birdy or the Namib. I'm trying out some aerobatics but can't seem to get a couple things right. Can someone walk me through a backloop? I'm looking for info on what wings you collapse, (if any) and which ones you don't. Tried it today but didn't quite get the desired effect. Same with barrel rolls and frontloops.

Thanks in advance.

Had my longest flight so far today. 83 seonds from 10100' deploying at 3100', average 54mph. Not the best but I'm slowly getting there.

Cheers,
Courteney.

...drags me down like some sweet gravity!!!

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

Front loops are incredibly easy and so long as you snap them over and sort of "kick yourself in the ass" you hardly lose any altitude at all. Likewise, barrel rolls are best accomplished snappy. Pop up, snap over, settle back into full flight. Do them slow and sloppy and you will likely end up changing course quite a bit. I don't find much use for backloops in a wingsuit, but they aren't really that different than in regular freefall except that you really have to dig your knees under and throw your head back. The few I have ever done were thrown at the end of a flare following a dive when the suit was on the verge of stall.

Chuck

[bodypilot1 0]

Hi Courtney

As Chucky said, front loops and back loops are about the same as if you were not in a wingsuit, but it requires you to be alittle faster starting them, and bringing in everthing tucked in until you exactly back on the heading you want or were on.
As far as the barrel rolls.
Keep your eyes looking into the same direction through the entire roll. Bringing in one arm in to your stomach, in the direction your wanting to roll, and be sure to close your legs together through the entire roll. as you body gets sideways with your shoulder to the earth, fold in your other arm and keep your eyes focused on your direction.
As your back is to earth, do a quick head switch and refocus on diretion though your rotation until your almost belly to earth, then respread your wings and open your legs.
What I have found while teaching this, is that students will sometimes not close the leg wing enough and as their shoulder drops, the legs will flop over and they will change heading, sometime as much as 180 degrees when they open the arm wings.
Practice this and as I said, focus on maintaining and remembering your heading.
I hope this helps and keep us posted?

Be safe
Ed

www.WestCoastWingsuits.com
www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

[Courteney 0]

Cool guys,

Thanks alot, that's just what I was looking for. My problemo was the speed of the manouvre and the wings being open where they shouldn't.
Will try it again tomorrow or Sunday.
Will keep you all posted.

Thanks again.

Courteney.

...drags me down like some sweet gravity!!!