New survey on DZ.com

[skymick 0]

G'day all, ive just noticed theres a new poll on DZ.com and since being an aussie I have no idea what Atmosphere Dolphin, USPA 3-D Award and Pro Rating are. Anyone care to explain?

Cheers,

Mick

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Atmosphere Dolphin is Olav's Freefly qualification that you gain with a spaceball and a ballmaster. I can't speak for the other two as they're American. I know PRO rating involves accuracy etc.

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[Viking 0]

the Pro rating has to do with doing Demos.

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3D award:

Applicants qualify by successfully completing formations that include three maneuvers in each
of three orientations, in this order:
• A head-down 3-way right- or left-hand flower, a round and an opposite-hand flower.
• Next, in the sitting position, a right- or left-hand vertical stairstep followed by two
rotations, such that each jumper takes the top position for one of the three points.
• Concluding in the horizontal orientation with a compressed accordion, individual
180-degree turns to a second compressed accordion, followed by a round (star).


PRO Rating:

Qualifying Demonstration Performance Jumps
USPA PRO Exhibition Ratings are issued to members who have, using the same canopy, accomplished tensuccessive, pre-declared jumps into a ten-meter (32-foot) diameter target area. Each landing must be made standing up, and the jumper must make the first contact and stop within the ten-meter circle. All qualification jumps must be made in the presence of three witnesses, at least one of which one must be an S&TA, I/E or
member of the USPA Board of Directors. All qualifying landings must be made within the previous 12months of this application.
Additional Requirements:
1.Received instruction in use of and made one jump with aerial smoke.
2. Received instruction in use of and made one jump with a flag.
3. Received instruction in site preparation, crowd control, and ground crew management.
4. Served as ground crew on at least one Level 1, Level 2, or stadium jump.
5. Received instruction from an experienced PRO rating holder, S&TA, or I/E on applying
for FAA certificates of authorization.
6. Received instruction from an experienced PRO rating holder, S&TA, I/E, or licensed pilot in filing NOTAMs.
7. 500 ram-air jumps logged.




AD licences:
more info http://www.1olav.com/thefirstschoolofmodernskyflying.htm. Each level (b,c,d) gets harder...

Good communication with the aircraft pilot for proper spotting over an uninhabited area, proper wind drift calculations, as well as checking for the presence of possible clouds, the Freefly™ Instructor releases the space-ball from an altitude of 13,500ft, which travels at 155 mph straight down. The testee is free to choose his/her exit position.

*The testee dives after (not before) the space ball leaves the hand of the instructor and retrieves it.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control).

* Testee performs a full 360 rotation around one of the 3 possible axis (x, y, z), it’s up to the testee to choose around which axis to perform the 360 Rotation.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control).

* Testee performs a full 360 rotation around one of the 3 possible axis (x, y, z), it’s up to the testee to choose around which axis to perform the 360 Rotation. (different from the first choice).

*Testee retrieves the space-ball before 6000 ft, puts it in the left hand and pulls between 4000 and 3500 ft AGL to allow extra time in case of an emergency situation.

*The Freefly™ Instructor is allowed to retrieve the space-ball at any time for any safety reason. In this case, the test will be considered as incomplete.

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[skymick 0]

Cool, thanx for the info guys!

[skydiverbrian 0]

personally, i'm indifferent about all of them.

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[freeflir29 0]

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personally, i'm indifferent about all of them.

If I was worried about getting one of the three it would be a Pro rating. At least that allows you to do something with it. The others are just sort of "Bragging rights"

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

But you get to brag more often than you get to do PRO rated-only stuff.

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[freeflir29 0]

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you get to brag more often than you get to do PRO rated-only stuff

Yeah...but think of all the whuffo chicks you could scoop up on the way out of a stadium demo!!!!