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  1. raymod2
    I can't say I'm pleased to hear about this. What is the criteria required to swoop the pond? What if someone fails to meet the criteria? Then he/she can't compete? Isn't the whole purpose of the CPC to provide a place for beginners to gain competition experience?
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    I wasn't trying to be a smart ass. When I said good luck defining 'the corner' in the context of this thread I was pointing out that the concept is nebulous. Now you have tried to define 'the corner' as the difference between 'enhancing' inputs and 'saving' inputs. I don't think that defines it any better. Using that definition then wouldn't it be meaningless to say "I increased the length of my swoop by putting myself a little bit in the corner?"
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    By your definition then I am "in the corner" on every single one of my landings. If you can get your Velocity to level flight without applying any toggle or rear riser input then I bow to you.
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    What is "the corner" anyways? Good luck defining that.
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    I've never competed before so this may be a stupid question but how do you go from a 494 foot swoop in round 1 to a 293 foot swoop in round 3? Is this the difference between a strong tailwind and no wind?
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    Now you're going to sue USPA because they didn't protect you from yourself? Stop expecting everyone else to look out for you and start taking responsibility for your own life. There is plenty of information in the SIM about canopy piloting if you take the time to read it rather than expecting to have it spoon fed to you. Thank god people like you are not running the USPA.
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    Good analogy. And an uncoordinated turn would be like skidding through a turn on a snowboard.
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    You're just pissed off that he said he opposes a wing loading BSR.
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    Hmmm. And here I thought that a coordinated turn was one that involved no slipping (achieved in an airplane by proper use of the rudder).
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    Don't forget that more suspended weight means you need more lift. And increasing lift (which is achieved by a higher angle of attack at a given velocity) also increases induced drag. So you have increased momentum which will keep you swooping longer but you will also have increased drag which will tend to shorten the swoop. It must be hard to predict which effect dominates (or whether they cancel out) and that is probably why the pro swoopers are experimenting with weights.
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    Maybe you should have suppressed your signature line on that post since it contradicts the sentence right before it.
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    I thought I'd write a follow-up on my experience with the smaller slider on my Velocity 103. After about 25 jumps with the smaller slider I experienced two hard openings. Since then I've paid more careful attention to my slider placement. Now I always make sure I push the center of the slider into the pack job and I quarter it EVENLY front to back and side to side. I've put another 75 jumps on it (100 total) and I haven't had a bad opening since. So in my experience the smaller slider gives better openings but requires more careful attention to slider placement during packing.
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    And therein lies the allure.
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    I agree with you. 270's are for losers. I usually do three 90's. Sometimes I do six 45's. One time I did two 120's followed by a 30. But I never do a 270.
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    This is a fantastic post. Every bit of it is spot on. Chuck Am I the only person that flies my pattern in brakes? It seems to me like an obvious solution to slow everything down. I only use full glide during my final approach and when I WANT to lose altitude fast (ie. to get some vertical separation from other pilots).
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    Judging from the pictures it looks like you guys got screwed on the camera step like we did. Compare it to the PAC 750XL that was flying at Rantoul last summer. They removed the step and shortened the bar so it stops right past the edge of the door.
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    No, I don't know where you got that from Lenny (that more than 15 adversely affects climb rate or fuel efficiency). The reason they are talking about a 15 jumper maximum (to which I am opposed) is for comfort and to keep the loads turning.
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    I don't know what is the definition of a typical canopy but I used to be able to achieve level flight on my Sabre 150 with no toggle (or rear riser) input at all if I built up enough speed. The trick was getting it to happen exactly at ground level and not 10 or 20 feet up. It was easier to get slightly in the corner and help it around a little bit.
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    Now we've got canopy nazis and thread nazis.
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    THREE people broke the world record at the same location over the span of 20 minutes? Anyone care to offer a theory to explain this statistical anomaly?
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    I got one of those smaller sliders but I haven't had a chance to do more than a few hop-n-pops with it. The original slider measures 29.5" wide and 22.5" tall. The new one measures 28.5" wide and 20" tall. I know it's probably to soon to tell, but notice any difference? Wondering if you're getting slightly faster openings, and if the velo's dancing less... Last weekend I got a chance to do 6 terminal openings with the smaller slider and so far I like it better. It still snivels but not as long.
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    I got one of those smaller sliders but I haven't had a chance to do more than a few hop-n-pops with it. The original slider measures 29.5" wide and 22.5" tall. The new one measures 28.5" wide and 20" tall.
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    You imagined the whole thing because everybody knows that only Sabres open hard.
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    This thread kills me. First you have the canopy nazis telling people not to downsize until you wring out your canopy at your current wing loading. Now people are saying that you shouldn't explore the full range of canopy flight until you downsize. Am I the only one who sees the absurdity in this?
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    I've done lots of 270's at this wing loading and I found there is plenty to learn and plenty of performance to explore in this area. Furthermore, there are advantages to doing a 270 regardless of the wing loading. For example, I find the crosswind approach on a 270 is much easier to judge than the downwind approach on a 180.