Probably old question, learning to freefly

[Sled14 0]

Sorry if this is an old question, but I'm still in training to get my A license and was wondering how many jumps I should have until I get an instructor and start learning? I'm at school now about 250miles away from my dropzone so I cant really ask them for their opinions. Would 50 or 100 jumps be good, or wait till a couple hundread jumps?

Thanks for any help!

[uponone 0]

Don't freefly student gear, that shits wore out and you don't want a preemy at 200mph, the old mains would probably blow up.

I learned how to sit fly at 30 jumps and started practicing flipping between sit and head down since jump 50.

[tcnelson 1]

having good belly skills will always be a plus and it's good to learn the basics of staying on level, on heading, and in your assigned slot without introducing an entirely new skydiving genre such as freeflying while you do it. that being said...

you can start to learn how to freefly whenever you want. it will be beneficial for you if you find good coaches and keep the training to two-ways until you get stable and are able to do the aforementioned basic skills while in your sit. which brings me to my next point, learn how to fly headup first so that you will always have a solid base to revert to to keep your freefly speed up and to regain your stability when you start learning how to fly headdown.

have fun!

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[Peej 0]

Go here...plenty of discussion on this topic.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=search_results&search_forum=forum_11&search_string=Learning+to+freefly&search_type=AND&search_fields=sb&search_time=&search_user_username=&sb=score&mh=25

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[bucki4lyfe 0]

like others....i started freeflying around 35 jumps....RW got boring quickly...as long as you get a coach for your first few jumps you should be able to go from there

[ncfitzge 0]

I agree with Sled14, I started to sitfly around 35. I only have 52 right now and I'm starting switching from HD to Sit. Best to find a coach have them go up with you and see how comfortable you are in the air. Thats the way I did it.

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