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  1. raymod2
    You say that like it's a good thing. I thought one of the finer arts of swooping was knowing when to transition to toggles and how to do it smoothly.
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    Ever notice that the BSR's are only two pages long? Let's keep it that way. Brian Germain's wing loading chart is an excellent guideline but I don't think it should be forced on anyone.
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    There's no denying the appeal of sex. By teaching our children sex education it's nothing but temptation. There will certainly be those that will think "that isn't so hard". Next thing you know, little Suzie is pregnant and little Johnny has syphilis.
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    It looks like she uploaded an MPEG version but never posted the link to it. Here it is: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1839
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    That video looked familiar. When it decides to spin up it happens FAST. It looks like that guy gave it 6 seconds before cutting away. In my case I pulled at exactly 3,000 feet (we were staging our opening altitudes because it was a night jump). My Velocity takes so long to open and I struggled with it for a few seconds before it started flying stable with 3 half twists (I was spinning on my back but not too fast). That's when I looked at my Neptune and it was still in freefall mode reading 1.7. I didn't cutaway but it took me another 500 feet to kick out of the twists and stop the spin.
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    Spinning on my back under a Velocity 103 with 3 line twists at 1700 feet on a night jump got me thinking. How often do people at high wing loadings (roughly 1.8 and up) get line twists and how often do they cut away rather than kick out of them? I've seen video of people cutting away less than three seconds after spinning up.
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    Was it your fibula or tibia that you broke? The tibia is the bigger one on the inside (your shinbone - the one you bang on furniture).
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    I've experienced the same thing and I don't think it can be explained away as a misperception. Here's my theory: Riser pressure is closely correlated to angle of attack. Any increase in angle of attack during the turn will start a chain of events that causes your canopy to plane out prematurely. What happens when you let up too much on a riser halfway through a turn? Riser pressure builds up and you find that you can't pull it down again. Maybe a gust of wind during windy conditions could simulate this phenomenon by momentarily increasing your angle of attack.
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    I've been wondering if ground effect plays (or could play) a significant role in swoop distance. If so, some canopies may have an advantage in this area (wider planform and shorter lines). Also, it would be something to think about regarding technique during the swoop (ie. try to keep the wing as close to the ground as possible).
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    200 jumps, Sabre 150, WL 1.33
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    Four years in the sport and you still don't get it? It's always safer to sit on the ground. "The gods envy us. They envy us because we are mortal. Because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed." -Achilles (Troy)
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    Section 2-1(F) of the S.I.M. states: "Maximum grounds winds... (f)or licensed skydivers are unlimited" This is a personal choice. It is no more appropriate to ridicule someone for jumping in windy conditions than it is to ridicule someone for sitting out a load in windy conditions.
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    Did he pick this up as a bad habit or did he have a specific reason for doing so? Did it have a positive/negative/neutral effect on his swoop distance?
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    Are you advocating using toggles to plane out and then switching to rears?
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    I'd just like to point out that doing this requires conscious thought. If you just kind of fly by the seat of your pants then you may still go for the rears (out of habit) when you should be going for the toggles. I've had a few premature contacts with the ground because of this.
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    What about the width of the entrance gates? Are they wider than the rest of the gates and by how much? This seems like an important distinction.
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    There is a diagram of the advanced distance course at the PST website: http://www.canopypiloting.com/AdvancedDistance.gif It shows the overall course length as 500 feet and the width of the exit gates as 50 feet. But what is the width of the entrance gates? In the drawing they look wider than the rest of the gates. Also the distance between the last two gates is specified to be 62.5 feet but the course is only divided into 7 sections (8 gates). Is this a mistake or is one section twice as long as the rest?
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    Is that video posted on the Internet somewhere?
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    You can because you are good and experienced.. A not so experienced person, learning to swoop can get killed with that short of a recovery arc.. Rhino, how long are you going to continue repeating this misinformation? Plenty of swoopers learned to swoop on more docile canopies with short natural recovery arcs. I learned to swoop on a Sabre 150 and I didn't put it away until I had more jumps than you do now.
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    Steel: Are you saying that you have had a wingsuit flyer dock on you while you were under canopy before Luigi did it? Treejumps: How do they determine whether there was more than a 5mph downwind component? Does it get measured during the swoop?
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    When you say "almost" does that mean somewhere between downwind and crosswind or does that mean somewhere between upwind and crosswind?
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    Did you bother taking a look at the thread before posting this accusation? It seems clear to me that this guy is not spamming or trolling. Here are my comments: My first canopy was loaded similarly to yours (a Sabre 150 at about 1.33:1). But everyone is different. I'm the type who likes to drive fast and take chances. Even so I definitely had my hands full at that wing loading.
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    To keep your canopy inflated you need to maintain a positive angle of attack. Angle of attack is defined as the angle of the airfoil with respect to the relative wind. Relative wind is generally dictated by the flight path. For example, if you are diving your canopy straight at the ground the relative wind is coming straight up at you. Wind gusts and turbulence (NOT steady winds) can suddenly change the direction of the relative wind and cause the angle of attack to reach zero (or go negative). That can cause a canopy collapse. Front riser inputs exacerbate this problem because they lower your angle of attack so it takes a smaller gust to cause trouble.
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    The article explained that air in the high pressure area at the bottom of an airfoil seeks the low pressure area at the top of the airfoil and spills around the end of the wing (thus reducing lift). Winglets are designed to block that path. If they aren't located at the wingtips I don't see how they can work.