fred 0 #1 February 19, 2002 Well, I'm still a student (just passed AFF after numerous attempts in a SL program, blah blah blah, you can read about it elsewhere), and I'm anxiously awaiting warmer weather to get more practice. But while I'm waiting for the local dropzones to open, I'd like to start visuallizing the maneuvres that I still don't know how to do.Sidesliding has been covered in the RW forum. I know how to do turns, backflips, forward/backward motion, and tracking. But there's more...Can anybody describe how to do a frontflip? A barrel roll? Backflying/backtracking?How soon should I be learning these skills? Are there any other important skills I missed that I should/can practice before my A? I understand the basics. Like to forward flip I want to present more with my feet than my upper body, but how does it differ from tracking? How do barrel rolls differ from sidesliding? How do I know if I'm flat tracking rather than diving?Any other advice for somebody who knows he needs a lot of practice, but can't find any altitude for another month or two? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 February 19, 2002 Check out the student manual on here Look in the back on like the level 9 and 10 jumps on haow to do flips and rolls. I'm still tring to get the back tracking myself after a couple of dozen attempts, I don't have the forward speed needed to track, I just sink.Cause I don't wanna come back down from this cloud... ~ Bush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #3 February 19, 2002 The Skydiver's Handbook by Dan Pointer and Mike Turoff has diagrams and descriptions of the manuevers you are interested in, except for backtracking. It also covers equipment, spotting, canopy flight, and other topics. It's a good read with tons of useful information. Whoa, that sounded like an ad or something. Anyway, it's a good book and comes recommended by more than a few people on these boards. Check it out.--BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #4 February 24, 2002 Thanks Phree some good stuff on there (stuff that is'nt in the PC handbook) much appreciated If it's got tit's or wheel,s..it's trouble. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
