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last 50? 95% were atmonauti...

I remember a solo jump after AFF, maybe jump 12 or something. Thought "wow, this is pretty boring, actually". I hadn't been exposed to freeflying yet. Saw a video, start working on it, and never felt bored again.

Flying dreams. A lot of flying dreams.

I ground myself when it "just feels too windy". Or, too gusty. I don't check with a meter, just go by my gut. If I was still jumping in California, where there's a lot of farmland, I'd still jump at 25mph steady. But on the east coast there's a lot less landing areas/outs where we jump. Anyway, if you think twice about going up, there's probably a legit reason...

I've got 2 Skytronics. One Pro, one FX.

Yeah, what Chris said. here's some reading for you, though: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=786811&

yep, that's the dudes. cool stuff.

btw, I believe in one of the Flyboys Film Festival videos (if that's indeed where I saw it), there's some video of a team (I forget who - camo freefly suits, one of them runs tunnel camps, etc.) doing some side tracking together. They do it differently then what I've tried - their's looks a bit better, though. They have their arms/hands in front/back of them, as opposed to the side. Also, legs are sort of scissored, providing more surface area.

Sorry, I just used some English-French translation site, so that was the best I could do. Any videos? I think I've seen him on a video somewhere at some point doing this type of flying. Would love to see more...

Sounds like he needs a cool name for this... "atmofraise"?

Regarding your stabillity comment - you don't need an arch to fall stable. Sure it helps, but so does being relaxed. Falling stable in most (all?) positions is a balance of muscle tension - not too loose, not too tight.

Thanks. Sorry to go off topic here, but good info going around. I have a smaller slider for my velo, but haven't put it on yet. I prefer faster openings, especially if it means less chance to seek/spin.

I'm interested in this part - care to expand on moving the brakeline eylet - how/what that does, etc. Thanks much :)

Looks sweet!

yo, nice picture :)

I'm over it. In fact, never was under it, really... call "it" whatever you want. And I do give high props to them for taking "it" to the next level. It's currently my jump discipline of choice - it's like learning headdown all over again.

Not true. Flocking and tracking have/are relative work. The point is that, calling something "atmosphere navigation" does not imply 45 degree angled flight, vs. flocking or tracking. It doesn't imply anything. Should we call tracking relative work something different? Although, if you think about it, tracking doesn't imply it's angle by definition either. Nor does flocking. So, really, I guess if you want to call it atmonauti, or flockmitdocki, or airflying, it doesn't really matter... ... I'll bow out now, and call it whatever I feel like on any given day...

Marcin - I agree - it can be thought of as a semi-distinct discipline. It's just that the term is meaningless (to me) to what it actually is...

I'm tending to say "steep tracking" more and more. Angleway isn't bad either. It at least attempts to convey what's happening.

Thanks for the post JT - applicable (of course) to many things - great advice.

...and atmosphere navigator was a far leep from atmosphere dolphin... *ahem!* ;) Funny, though, when asked on a plane what I'm doing, I just find it easier to say atmonauti, and people (most?) know what I mean, as opposed to "steap tracking" or whatever. "atmosphere navigator" is just too loose of a term, to me, though - it doesn't relate in a logical way to "45 degree tracking". Someone who doesn't know what atmonauti means isn't going to intuit what it is from the term... .. but, whatever ;)

Hey, me and my teammate were in Perris a couple of weeks ago - jumped with a smaller dude. Can't remember if his name is Dave. Does the Dave in the video drive a WRX?

For those of you uncomfortable with the term "Atmonauti", and feel it's really just steep flocking, I offer the newer term: FlockMitDocki. Enjoy... :P

Ok, here's a repost of something I wrote in the Freefly tips thread ( http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=786811;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC ) My audible is set to 6000 feet. This doesn't mean that I break off at 6000 feet. Normally, if I'm doing a 2 or 3 way, it's around 5k for breakoff. However, occasionally it's 6k on big ways or long spots. So, here's the advantages of setting a higher audible setting: 1. When the alarm goes off, I know that it's "almost time" to break off. That means, finish what you're doing, check your space first, and then break off. The positive here is that there should be no need for a panic break off, since the alarm is not signaling break off time. If you're set for 5k and 5k is your break off alt., then you may rush the break off. 2. You learn to build internal timing for 6k, not 5k. This works well because, if you miss your audible, you'll likely check your visual altimeter at or around 6k. If your timings a bit off, it may be lower, like 5k, which is still better then realizing you missed your audible at 4k. 3. This kind of goes along with #1 - you'll be more relaxed during break off time. If you're doing a 2way, and just finishing a move, you know you have a few seconds to finish what you're doing, then leave the scene. Instead of the start of your alarm indicating your break-off altitude, it's more the end of your alarm that does so. Alarm finishes, got another second or 2, then it's time to go. 4. Don't be a robot. Think about what you're doing. Don't just be reactionary to your alarm - there's an initial tendency to break off as soon as your alarm goes off. I don't like this reflex-type action - so, better to be a thinking skydiver than a reactionary one. I've used a 6k audible setting for years. It works well for me. For those who've used 5k for a long time, and decide to set their audible higher, be conscious of what you're doing - think about your breakoff while in the plane. Don't "set and forget" - think instead.

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