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Canopy Control
- The "D" Point by Brian S. Germain
Although there are many ways to improve one’s accuracy in parachuting, I have found no better way than flying a consistent pattern. By connecting a series of invisible points in the sky, “Altitude-Location-Checkpoints” as I call them, we can create a consistent flight path that makes us more predictable in the air, as well as significantly increasing our chances of landing on target.
(Rating: 8.00 Votes: 38 Viewed: 2142 Posted: Sun Nov 01 2009)
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- Big Canopies in Turbulence - by Brian Germain
I have spent much of my life studying parachute stability. It has become an obsession of sorts, spurred by a fairly sizable stint in a wheel chair- funny how that works. I have designed and built many, many canopies with the goal of creating collapse-proof canopy. I have failed. It is impossible.
(Rating: 8.51 Votes: 121 Viewed: 14035 Posted: Wed Jun 03 2009)
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- Canopy Control - A DVD Review - by Eduardo Guillen
When I started skydiving more than 25 years ago, the leading cause of skydiving deaths was the failure to pull on time, or at all. Skydivers just failed to do the one thing every one of us knew we _must_ do: pull.
Education, regulation specifically addressing this issue, and not least the development by Helmut Cloth of the first AAD widely accepted by experienced skydivers in the 90's helped to control this problem… only to show the emergence of another, more insidious:
(Rating: 8.28 Votes: 81 Viewed: 8111 Posted: Mon Apr 06 2009)
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- Canopy Formation Parachuting
Things have changed a lot since the early days of CReW (as canopy formation skydiving used to be called) then. So, here's something new to make general information on the sport available to everybody interested. This is part one of Peter Pfalzgraf's essay combining techniques and hints from Europe and America.
(Rating: 8.81 Votes: 55 Viewed: 5415 Posted: Tue Jan 06 2009)
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- Canopy Flight Simulation for Education - by Alexander Shyrokov
Skydiving requires an action to survive. Freeze, fight or flight are natural reactions to stress but they do not work for skydivers. There is very little time to think about what to do next when the ground is approaching fast. Hence, our response must be quick.
(Rating: 7.90 Votes: 52 Viewed: 29280 Posted: Fri Aug 15 2008)
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- Clean Up Your Turns - by Brian Germain
Turn coordination is a topic that, until recently, has been mostly unapplied to ram-air parachute aerodynamics. In simplest terms, this refers to the degree to which a flight vehicle is aligned to the relative wind during a turn.
(Rating: 9.02 Votes: 216 Viewed: 16140 Posted: Fri Jul 18 2008)
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- Swooping is Not a Crime - by Brian Germain
A large sector of the skydiving population is currently in danger of extinction. This is because of the widespread proliferation of new DZ rules that prohibit 270 turns for landing or ban high speed approaches entirely.
(Rating: 8.15 Votes: 384 Viewed: 20124 Posted: Mon May 28 2007)
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- The Stall - by Brian Germain
The stall is one of the least explored and most feared aspects of flying. Avoidance of this flight mode causes many canopy pilots to be uncomfortable with flying slowly, and unpracticed in this important art.
(Rating: 8.91 Votes: 258 Viewed: 27582 Posted: Tue Jul 18 2006)
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- Collapses and Turbulence - by Brian Germain
There are many variables to consider when looking into a canopy collapse. In this article Brian Germain discuss 6 of the most predominant causes separately.
(Rating: 8.81 Votes: 287 Viewed: 27563 Posted: Wed Feb 01 2006)
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- Five Quality Canopy Skills Every Beginner Should Have - by Steven Blincoe
So you whipped through your student program, graduated AFF, moving towards or already got your A license, eyeing a rig to buy and well on your way to your first 100 jumps. Canopy skills are an integral part of every training program, but are also the most important skills these days.
(Rating: 7.83 Votes: 167 Viewed: 20989 Posted: Mon Jun 27 2005)
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- Canopy Skills Drills - by Brian Germain
We must understand the principles that allow our canopies to fly. To make a real difference in our capabilities, however, we need to physically experiment with our parachutes in flight. We must practice in the real world.
(Rating: 9.16 Votes: 313 Viewed: 17229 Posted: Mon Nov 15 2004)
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- Downsizing Checklist - by Bill von Novak
A list of canopy control skills everyone should have before downsizing. It's important to do these BEFORE you downsize, because some manuevers are a little scary and you want to be on a larger canopy you're completely comfortable with before trying such a thing.
(Rating: 9.08 Votes: 290 Viewed: 21615 Posted: Sat Dec 13 2003)
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- Advanced Canopy Control via CRW - by Jon Sikorsky
The Advanced Canopy Control Course is designed for the average skydiver. It will give the skydiver confidence and ability to fly in close proximity to other canopies safely, while providing the skills necessary to avoid problems caused by others. It does not however, address proper tracking and deployment awareness, or landing skills.
(Rating: 9.69 Votes: 13 Viewed: 6796 Posted: Sun Oct 05 2003)
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- The Book of Canopy Control - by Bryan Burke
The following materials are presented to the skydiving public in the hopes of bringing up our level of performance and understanding. Most of the material presented here came from long observation, experience, and thought.
(Rating: 6.50 Votes: 6 Viewed: 6149 Posted: Thu Aug 21 2003)
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