snowlep 0 #51 August 13, 2015 Maybe, one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rstanley0312 1 #52 August 18, 2015 snowlep Maybe, one day. he is referrring to you saying you do not plan on it then following it up with the most you would ever do is a 90 or 180. Tip: 180's are not a great thing to do bc of the visual picture you get. YOu do not have eyes in the back of your head. Life is all about ass....either you're kicking it, kissing it, working it off, or trying to get a piece of it. Muff Brother #4382 Dudeist Skydiver #000 www.fundraiseadventure.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #53 August 25, 2015 Up size. Learn how to fly, then, if you want to, down size. Worked for me."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #54 August 26, 2015 This is great advice. People have this idea that canopy size is a one way progression. It's really not. I wish I'd known that earlier... premature downsizing, looking back, has really hurt my progress as a pilot. You have this feeling that "well I'm on this fully-elliptical 150 now, guess I'd better learn to fly it." Actually I would have been better quicker if I'd put it back in the attic for a while, gone back to the 170 and learned to fly, period. On-topic: I am thinking about learning to swoop. Like the OP, I don't intend to be the fat-270-to-final, ridiculous-cheststrap guy. But I'd like to at least know how to do it. If I do, the Stiletto 120 is going in the cupboard and I'm going to find a Sabre2 150 for the duration.-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #55 August 26, 2015 I ate shit all the way until I downsized to 150. I kept eating it, but I kept downsizing it. Once I hit 150, 149 I was standing up my landing. Keep downsizing. It might help.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #56 August 26, 2015 stayhigh Keep downsizing. It might help. Man, you're just looking for controversy! While your idea has certain merit in very specific circumstances, I don't think it applies here. The OP is at 1.25 loading on a Sabre 170, so should be able to get a decent flare out of the canopy. It isn't like some 120 lb girl at 0.7 wing loading on a student canopy, who downsizes to 1.0 loading. That's the sort of case where a jumper gets a better flare because of gaining decent energy to plane out, that doesn't require perfect timing. Plus the OP was having problems slowing down the touchdown, not turning the corner in the first part of the flare. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #57 August 26, 2015 Ya, I had the exact same problems here as well.. I just couldn't stop at the end. and I kept downsizing. by the time when I downsized to 150, I was loaded at 1.5 and I figured out how to run or slide. Some people perform better when it is do or die situation. OP might need some of that motivation to survive. OP has only one problem, horizontal speed. I had two to work with, horizontal and vertical. Downsize.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #58 August 26, 2015 Okay, I guess we've both had our say. While I might sometimes try to steer newbies clear of your advice (at least without further explanation), your advice tends to have a certain admirable yet brutal old school charm to it, from the days when "Don't fuck it up... or else pay the consequences" was valid skydiving instruction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trafficdiver 8 #59 August 26, 2015 pchapman Okay, I guess we've both had our say. While I might sometimes try to steer newbies clear of your advice (at least without further explanation), your advice tends to have a certain admirable yet brutal old school charm to it, from the days when "Don't fuck it up... or else pay the consequences" was valid skydiving instruction. I was not skydiving back then, so I have a question. Did the people giving this hardcore advice still skydive, or did they quit skydiving, like Stayhigh, and just stick around a computer screen giving "badass" advice to noobs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snowlep 0 #60 August 26, 2015 In case I wasn't clear enough: I'm having no problems landing my Pilot 169. I've stood up all of my landings on it, including a couple in moderate downwind. I'm pretty sure my problem was timing the flare on the Sabre rental. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #61 August 27, 2015 Sure, I jumped last weekend. Where the fuck where you?Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
