slim 0 #26 February 10, 2003 see thats the thing I was coming in slow, I only have 20 jumps, not quite swooping yet!!! <<<>>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #27 February 10, 2003 Quotesee thats the thing I was coming in slow, I only have 20 jumps, not quite swooping yet!!! It's amazing how people don't notice what they do on landing. We have hours of landing footage where they are flaring un-evenly, reaching with their foot for the ground or just plain and simple doing the oddest things, such as letting one arm up in the middle of their flare. The thing is they had no idea they were doing it until they saw the video. They said the same thing, it was a crosswind, turbulence, termals, an act of god. Yet the video showed clear as day what they did. 20 jumps doesn't have much to do with it other than the fact that you are going to improve and as you brain learns to instintively correct for things like turbulance you won't even know the wind was trying to turn you. I never noticed how much I correct without knowing until I saw strait on video of me landing on a bumpy day, I didn't think it was all that bumpy but damn were my hands going back and forth making small corrections (kind of like we do in the car).Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiltboy 0 #28 February 10, 2003 I didn't take it as harsh. My experience wasn't a sudden side gust as such in that it wasn't a violent change. Also it wasn't the heavy trubulence that you describe that can result in cell closures or a bumpy ride (I've had the bumpy ride). A bit more detail is that I fly a PD190 with a loading a little under 1:1 and I was getting no penetration as it was windy. It was a drift that quickly developed into landing crosswind and not into the wind as I had originally set up. It also happened at an altitude which never left time (for me at least) to safely correct. On a lighter note. I've landed on my toes only to be picked up again by the wind. Last time I planted my feet and buried the toggle trying to collapse the canopy. However, it was winter and there was ice on the ground so I was off skiing for 20 feet along the ice. David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #29 February 10, 2003 thats true, maybe I smoked too much crack, or my dumb ass just f'ed it up! I am glad you all pointed that out, because that puts the responsibility on me so therefore I can work harder on paying more attention to my landings, instead of passing it off as fluke weather. <<<>>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #30 February 10, 2003 Dont worry slim, if it makes you feel better, I went crashing into trees on my first solo. I think I even have the pic to prove it, if you can see the bright white and green in the trees, that's me. Why so difficult to see the canopy????? I was 200 metres from target. At least you have a jumpsuit. that's pretty good, and you only have 20 jumps. I dont think I'll be able to afford any gear for quite some time. It's going to be a stuggle to finish my TAF course! Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #31 February 10, 2003 Quote thats true, maybe I smoked too much crack, or my dumb ass just f'ed it up! I am glad you all pointed that out, because that puts the responsibility on me so therefore I can work harder on paying more attention to my landings, instead of passing it off as fluke weather. Just get video next time and post it so we really can point and laugh. Actually video really is a great tool, even if you don't think you are having problems it never hurts to double check.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #32 February 10, 2003 yeah I see that happening! >>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #33 February 10, 2003 Slim, you should cut off your dive loops from your front risers. They cause turns low to the ground. If you remove them you will never ever do anything stupid under canopy ever again. Just my .02... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #34 February 10, 2003 irrelevant that I won't have a canopy to screw up, that sounds good! <<<>>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #35 February 10, 2003 you know I am half tempted to check the uspa insident page and see how many of those people used to be members here. >>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #36 February 10, 2003 Quote Slim, you should cut off your dive loops from your front risers. They cause turns low to the ground. If you remove them you will never ever do anything stupid under canopy ever again. Just my .02... BWAaahahaha. I didn't believe that one at first... That reminds Me, I have a private message to respond to... --------- Slim...Look on the bright side. You got it dirty already so you no longer need to worry about when it's going to happen My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #37 February 11, 2003 cost me a round of drinks but true <<<>>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #38 February 11, 2003 "canopies have naturally turning downwind tendancies and the lock ness monster all in the same catagory." Hey ease up on Nessie, Hook!.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
numbknuckle 0 #39 February 11, 2003 One of the many times I gargled dirt, The DZO was watching and had choice words for me. He's all " You almost broke your femer and you arm reaching for the ground like that. You pointed your leg at the ground and then pointed your hand which only turns you harder. You gotta think like a pilot of a plane, and fly your canopy all the way in, no mistakes. Look straight ahead, not down, and make adjustments. If you point at the ground, thats where you'll go, and thats what you'll break. Fly it in like a pilot flys a plane." Thats been some of the best advice I've had. I SO don't want a broken bone, much less a femer. Pain SUUUUUUCKS! Fly it like a plane. I ate it last week too, though. My slow ass legs betrayed me... or my short late flair... I down sized... or was it my... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim 0 #40 February 11, 2003 thanks all. >>> A good friend will bail you outta jail... A true friend will be sitting next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!!!' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
