I know ill probably will get slammed for this lol. I have a 100 jumps on my current canopy. I want to start advancing more with it. I have taken canopy courses and read books and practice all the drills up high and want to start coming in. lol I am working on slow carving turns 90 and 180's. Ok the question. I am real unconformable grabbing the rears at all. Is there anything that I can do or practice to make this easier or less like im going to kill myself. I know this is the Internet. I am working with someone or two. Im bored at home and want to see what people have to say. Thanks for the help if any
(This post was edited by ozzy13 on Apr 3, 2008, 5:42 PM)
Its not a bad time to start playing with your rears up high. It is a bad time to start using your rears while swooping. You know this or you wouldn't have worded your post in the manner you did. Don't use the rears swooping until you've completely maxed out your canopy on toggles and are very consistent (aka 95% or so) with your turn and altitudes.
The best thing that will teach you the range on your rears (and the rest of your canopy) is some non-contact CRW jumps with a mentor canopy pilot. The proximity flying will teach you a ton about body position under canopy, about your harness, using your harness with your toggles, your rears, etc.
Practice making your turns up high and use your rear risers to help you plane out. Build the muscle memory to the point where reaching for your rears become 2nd nature. At some point in time once it is 2nd nature you will be ready to do it on the deck. But always be ready to use you toggles to prevent yourself from pancaking.
