Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Positive recovery arc vs. negative recovery arc   1 2 3

   By grega, March 2, 2004
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   • mnischalke
   • March 15, 2004

2. JVX review  

   By superstu, March 7, 2005
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   • Bartje
   • March 14, 2005

3. modified SunPath risers  

   By Sergey-san, April 10, 2008
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   • Sergey-san
   • April 13, 2008

4. 460ft swoop video!  

   By vt1977, May 18, 2004
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   • UKFSChick
   • May 22, 2004

5. Velocity Technical Question  

   By matt3sa, July 30, 2013
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   • angryelf
   • August 29, 2013

6. What do you do before learning to swoop?   1 2 3

   By hackish, October 10, 2007
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   • hackish
   • October 30, 2007

7. Bottom End of Swoop   1 2

   By NexGenSkydiver, July 16, 2008
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   • phoenixlpr
   • August 12, 2008

8. Definately Beer Worthy   1 2

   By Beverly, December 17, 2006
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   • Peej
   • January 10, 2007

9. Velocity? Future? Competition Regulations?   1 2 3

   By CKSCUBA, August 10, 2007
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   • Spizzzarko
   • August 17, 2007

10. Canopy Control and Swooping Posts  

    By ianmdrennan, May 24, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • May 24, 2007

11. Collapsible Slider  

    By matt1215, September 2, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 5, 2006

12. JVX Tips and Tricks  

    By flyfactory.de, November 24, 2006
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    • Swondpooper
    • November 30, 2006

13. Different characteristics between xbrace canopies  

    By Brumby, October 24, 2014
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    • hodges
    • December 8, 2014

14. Trouble with cobalt  

    By billdo, November 4, 2002
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    • Ron
    • November 11, 2002

15. Any US ski resorts open to speed flyers?  

    By Wings-n-Things, September 11, 2010
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    • LetsGoOutside
    • December 9, 2010

16. Is the Stiletto obsolete?   1 2 3

    By jcbfly, November 22, 2010
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    • rehmwa
    • November 29, 2010

17. Yet another Katana thread   1 2 3

    By ManBird, July 27, 2004
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    • hkf
    • August 11, 2004

18. 120 Velo   1 2 3 4

    By islandboyflyrz, June 13, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • August 6, 2007

19. Velo openings pissin me off   1 2

    By Velopilot, February 22, 2004
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    • lewmonst
    • August 30, 2011

20. Nick Batch swoops 665 feet   1 2 3

    By CanuckInUSA, October 15, 2006
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    • piisfish
    • October 19, 2006

21. Stiletto question  

    By mpd510, December 12, 2013
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    • Jvx
    • December 26, 2013

22. End cells closed   1 2

    By freebird, August 19, 2002
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    • sandi
    • September 6, 2002

23. CP 2015 Event Master  

    By RichLees, January 4, 2015
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    • raymod2
    • July 8, 2015

24. Underloading an Eliptical?   1 2

    By cheneyneel, March 16, 2004
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    • kaerock
    • March 23, 2004

25. learning to swoop   1 2

    By youngpathy19, January 10, 2007
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    • icevideot
    • January 16, 2007

26. Slider secrets   1 2

    By mischo, August 18, 2003
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    • lazyfrog
    • September 16, 2003

27. Skylark odyssey  

    By Sabrekakkonen, September 9, 2017
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    • kevindice
    • October 10, 2017

28. CPC CHAMPIONSHIPS updates...   1 2 3 4

    By CanopyPiloting, July 28, 2006
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    • pope
    • August 9, 2006

29. Jump numbers and wing loading   1 2

    By Ronnie, February 17, 2003
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    • listo
    • February 20, 2003

30. Glide ratio question  

    By YISkyDive, April 20, 2005
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    • diablopilot
    • April 22, 2005

31. Swoop Monster?   1 2 3

    By freeflir29, January 31, 2002
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    • freeflir29
    • February 5, 2002

32. Dekunu One  

    By sswain, April 6, 2018
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    • EvilGenius
    • April 13, 2018

33. Swoopers Rig Setup  

    By swarp619, May 1, 2010
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    • rhys
    • June 11, 2010

34. Competition Cobalt 95 = Neck Breaker   1 2

    By monkeybot, December 16, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • January 3, 2003

35. South Africa to host 2008 CP Championships!   1 2

    By goneswoopen, January 28, 2008
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    • dugy
    • June 25, 2008

36. Samurai Vs. Katana  

    By BrianSGermain, February 20, 2004
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    • tonyhays
    • October 31, 2004

37. Petra on holiday  

    By Saker, January 29, 2013
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    • Sakeryzf
    • March 13, 2013

38. Interesting speedflying video   1 2

    By piisfish, December 13, 2010
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    • cpoxon
    • October 24, 2011

39. Black Mountain Canopy Piloting Competition  

    By Herckydude, June 24, 2009
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    • jurgencamps
    • September 7, 2009

40. "B" Canopy course?  

    By Creep0321, June 23, 2012
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    • Butters
    • July 10, 2012

41. JFX V Velocity  

    By andym148, April 15, 2013
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    • DoZ3r
    • April 17, 2013

42. Swoopers vs. Non-Swoopers in the Pattern   1 2 3

    By kkeenan, January 2, 2007
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    • Deuce
    • January 8, 2007

43. Brian Germain's Seminar Schedule  

    By BrianSGermain, April 5, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • May 7, 2004

44. Velocity vs FX   1 2

    By ptwob231, November 17, 2003
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    • Xaosrules
    • November 25, 2003

45. Swooping in the World Games and Olympics   1 2

    By listo, February 12, 2003
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    • listo
    • February 19, 2003

46. High Performace Canopies LOW JUMP NUMBERS!!!!!   1 2 3 4

    By freeflyz, July 31, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • August 17, 2002

47. hiper canopys  

    By acrojunky, July 15, 2004
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    • GDnewbies
    • July 18, 2004

48. Firebolt   1 2

    By Treejumps, March 13, 2003
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    • Canuck
    • March 7, 2005

49. Swooping a Pilot + Downsizing  

    By MagicGuy, July 12, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • July 20, 2007

50. My first scare. Toggle turn stall and line twist.  

    By ttribe, June 14, 2011
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    • cube
    • August 30, 2011

51. How to start the Blindman?  

    By tamagotchi, August 10, 2009
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    • skyllama29
    • August 12, 2009

52. 27 Cells for competitions and daily work   1 2

    By tamagotchi, April 17, 2012
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    • tamagotchi
    • May 2, 2012

53. Harness Turns   1 2

    By yoink, August 9, 2006
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    • bofh
    • August 15, 2006

54. Order of canopies....   1 2 3

    By Kimblair13, July 20, 2005
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    • Tonto
    • November 25, 2005

55. CANOPY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOVICE SWOOPER   1 2

    By trigger, September 9, 2002
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    • RichM
    • October 18, 2002

56. From Katana to Velocity  

    By Brumby, October 18, 2011
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    • matt3sa
    • January 15, 2012

57. Colorado CPC   1 2 3

    By Spizzzarko, March 29, 2006
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    • Spizzzarko
    • June 30, 2006

58. World Record - Speed   1 2

    By popsjumper, August 29, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • September 4, 2008

59. Sabre 2  

    By freebird, May 11, 2002
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    • freebird
    • May 15, 2002

60. Ranch Pond Swoop photos   1 2

    By freeflydrew, August 26, 2007
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    • DougH
    • October 9, 2007

61. Wake Turbulence   1 2

    By MathmatiC, September 16, 2004
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    • stayhigh
    • October 28, 2011

62. High speed shutdown   1 2

    By YISkyDive, September 21, 2010
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    • morris
    • October 12, 2010

63. Learning to swoop   1 2

    By EFS4LIFE, May 16, 2011
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    • ianmdrennan
    • May 17, 2011

64. Transition from double fronts to 90s  

    By Shawtown939, August 19, 2017
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    • Di0
    • August 21, 2017

65. Do you remove your slider every jump?   1 2

    By everymansaved, June 17, 2008
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    • NexGenSkydiver
    • July 7, 2008

66. Banned hookturns. Which turbine dz's have banned hookturns?   1 2 3

    By CrazyL, October 1, 2008
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    • humanflite
    • October 5, 2008

67. Max Effective Wing Loading on a Non-Crossbraced   1 2

    By Widgeon, November 10, 2005
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    • Widgeon
    • November 16, 2005

68. To get back from far spot under x-brace.   1 2 3

    By stayhigh, December 3, 2010
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    • danielcroft
    • March 26, 2011

69. heatwave to crossfire 2   1 2

    By mraviation1, March 31, 2003
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    • rgoper
    • September 25, 2003

70. FX with HMA  

    By prost, March 7, 2002
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    • GroundZero
    • March 11, 2002

71. Kevin Love quit the new Team X?   1 2 3

    By deathtrap, August 21, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • October 4, 2007

72. Video: Ground Launch in Switzerland  

    By Bengel, January 31, 2006
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    • sysop
    • February 7, 2006

73. Discussion about swooping with Canopies with long vs short recovery arcs.  

    By gjkubacki, May 8, 2013
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    • xaviercomelli
    • June 19, 2013

74. SLIDER TRIX   1 2 3

    By Layne, November 28, 2003
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    • johnny1488
    • April 9, 2004

75. don't try to swoop like this   1 2

    By sldiveout, December 30, 2002
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    • harro
    • January 28, 2003

76. centerfold parachutist  

    By pedro3, March 30, 2009
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    • adamT
    • April 8, 2009

77. Anybody flown a Tesla?  

    By EvilGenius, February 9, 2017
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    • Crispy.
    • February 15, 2017

78. Oh Where Oh Where did Scott Miller Go??   1 2

    By wngarner, August 4, 2008
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    • dharma1976
    • August 26, 2008

79. CP 2018 Event Master  

    By nigelh, October 25, 2017
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    • raymod2
    • July 30, 2018

80. Sensei (Brian Germain)   1 2

    By skyjuggler, March 31, 2004
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    • ChasingBlueSky
    • April 10, 2004

81. Rear Riser Landings  

    By landmissle, June 26, 2002
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    • lowhook
    • July 2, 2002

82. FLCPA competition schedule announced   1 2

    By frost, December 19, 2007
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    • LoudDan
    • January 8, 2008

83. How has this been done??  

    By NealFitz, May 23, 2009
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    • txlottowinner
    • June 3, 2009

84. When to start working on turns bigger than 90  

    By evan85, October 20, 2014
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    • hokierower
    • December 15, 2014

85. Chest strap and safety  

    By bsrodeo540, August 8, 2017
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    • Hajo
    • August 10, 2017

86. New Stiletto   1 2

    By diver123, April 24, 2002
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    • wildblue
    • May 2, 2002

87. Something new from PD   1 2 3

    By lilchief, February 10, 2009
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    • crazydiver
    • March 24, 2009

88. Siletto or safire   1 2

    By blueskyphil, November 27, 2002
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    • Ron
    • December 2, 2002

89. Optimal time for carving a 180.   1 2

    By DocPop, August 24, 2009
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    • hparrish
    • September 11, 2009

90. Springo  

    By 174fps, July 8, 2002
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    • bobsoutar
    • September 27, 2002

91. Ring through your SLINK for brake line  

    By Brumby, January 7, 2015
    • 12 replies
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    • hillson
    • January 23, 2015

92. Performance of Stiletto, Vengence, and Velocity???   1 2

    By konradptr, November 18, 2002
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    • Ron
    • November 26, 2002

93. Wingovers  

    By SkydiveMonkey, December 13, 2001
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    • alan
    • December 15, 2001

94. Max. wing-loading per model   1 2

    By riggerrob, February 21, 2002
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    • rhino
    • February 24, 2002

95. Icarus, Xaos or Velo ???   1 2

    By Swooopa-x, May 12, 2005
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    • livenletfly
    • May 19, 2005

96. NW canopy pilots   1 2 3 4

    By superstu, April 21, 2004
    • 88 replies
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    • ManBird
    • May 24, 2004

97. Rear risers   1 2

    By millertimeunc, March 27, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 31, 2008

98. Optima  

    By aerialcameraman, October 25, 2007
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    • pierre3636
    • November 16, 2007

99. rds question  

    By keithbar, December 2, 2014
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • January 22, 2015

100. swoop ponds in SOCAL?  

     By emmett751, May 17, 2013
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     • jjudd
     • May 27, 2013