Reginald 0 #26 June 13, 2006 It does look like you caught a dust devil or other bit of funky wind. Glad you are doing okay. That could have ended much worse. It appears, unfortunately, that you caused some of your own problems however. It appears you reached, to brake your fall, with your right arm causing a good portion of the turn and impact. Immediately before you are visually against the tree line (and it becomes difficult to see) you have your right toggle down where you are pulling the brake to almost full extension. It is difficult to see the left arm but it appears to be asymmetric to the right. This is a perfectly normal reaction but a perfectly incorrect one too. I have some great video of myself doing the same thing and it ending about the same. You must fly your canopy all the way to the ground. A better reaction than reaching to break your fall (and hence speeding up your turn and impending impact) is to continue a symmetrical flare; at lest the wind issues won’t be exacerbated."We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #27 June 13, 2006 >Is the book you mentioned aimed purely at skydivers or what? Paraglider pilots actually. But the wings we fly are similar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #28 June 13, 2006 Quote>Is the book you mentioned aimed purely at skydivers or what? Paraglider pilots actually. But the wings we fly are similar. Personally, I think the book is occasionally obtuse, but it's the best reference I've found. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
