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when my cousin went with me on my second jump I told her that I loved doing turns under the canopy since I was scared to do it the first time![[:/]](/uploads/emoticons/dry.png "[:/]")
She said she would be scared it would collapse. That showed the more I understood how the canopy flies the more comfortable I will become.
She said she would be scared it would collapse. That showed the more I understood how the canopy flies the more comfortable I will become.Playtime is essential.
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I'm a low-time private pilot and my expierence works both ways, skydiving and flying complemented eachother.
Being a pilot first, I understood ALOT more stuff in the FJC, like flying the pattern, winds, weather, etc. BUT, I could not get the hang of landing where I wanted to because I was use to being able to add or remove power. One of my instructors actually asked if I was a pilot because most pilots he has seen weren't acurate during the first 20-30 jumps until it clicked.
Now that I am a self-proficient skydiver, it has helped my landings in the plane, I rarely need to add power once I start removing it during the landing sequence..
Being a pilot first, I understood ALOT more stuff in the FJC, like flying the pattern, winds, weather, etc. BUT, I could not get the hang of landing where I wanted to because I was use to being able to add or remove power. One of my instructors actually asked if I was a pilot because most pilots he has seen weren't acurate during the first 20-30 jumps until it clicked.
Now that I am a self-proficient skydiver, it has helped my landings in the plane, I rarely need to add power once I start removing it during the landing sequence..
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QuoteI'm a low-time private pilot and my expierence works both ways, skydiving and flying complemented eachother.
Being a pilot first, I understood ALOT more stuff in the FJC, like flying the pattern, winds, weather, etc. BUT, I could not get the hang of landing where I wanted to because I was use to being able to add or remove power. One of my instructors actually asked if I was a pilot because most pilots he has seen weren't acurate during the first 20-30 jumps until it clicked.
That's where the glider rating helped me!
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
Actually I earned my PPL about a month before I finished my A-license.
Landing airplanes definitely made landing a canopy easy. My accuracy and flaring were good right away, whereas other non-pilots going through AFF at the same time as me were not so hot.
Take care!
Landing airplanes definitely made landing a canopy easy. My accuracy and flaring were good right away, whereas other non-pilots going through AFF at the same time as me were not so hot.
Take care!
I found that prior flight training was extremely effective-
Flying a parachute is a few big steps down in complexity than flying an aircraft. It took about 10 jumps to get the flare stabilized... and about another 15 to dail it in pretty well. I started experimenting with front risers at about jump no. 5 or so. My call on that one though...
There is a detail here... just because someone can fly an airplane/ glider dosen't necessarily mean that they are good at it (ie they lack practice), and thus will not have the skill base to transfer over. If you've developed the judgement (in various fields- timing the flare, pilot decision making, risk management) you'll have a strong skill set to apply to jumping. If you're 20 hours into a PPL, don't expect to be too far away from square one when it comes to jumping.
Because it's relevant: flight sim's do help... a lot. Learn how to fly 'normally' there, and then learn how to push it in the sim too. Crash. Find the limits. It hurts a lot less that way. Granted there are limitations, but the benefit is greater than nothing.
Flying a parachute is a few big steps down in complexity than flying an aircraft. It took about 10 jumps to get the flare stabilized... and about another 15 to dail it in pretty well. I started experimenting with front risers at about jump no. 5 or so. My call on that one though...
There is a detail here... just because someone can fly an airplane/ glider dosen't necessarily mean that they are good at it (ie they lack practice), and thus will not have the skill base to transfer over. If you've developed the judgement (in various fields- timing the flare, pilot decision making, risk management) you'll have a strong skill set to apply to jumping. If you're 20 hours into a PPL, don't expect to be too far away from square one when it comes to jumping.
Because it's relevant: flight sim's do help... a lot. Learn how to fly 'normally' there, and then learn how to push it in the sim too. Crash. Find the limits. It hurts a lot less that way. Granted there are limitations, but the benefit is greater than nothing.
Hayfield 0
i started pilot training and stopped after I had solo'd and later logged about 39 hours. Piloting wasn't what I was looking for so I tried skydiving-this is the shit. The prior pilot training helped a lot for me. Landing a cessna with simulated power-out is very similar to landing a ram-air. Traffic patterns, VFR rules, head on a swivel, crosswind landings, etc are all covered in private pilot training and come into play while under canopy. However, it doesn't help in freefall at all.
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-Crusty Old Pete
-Crusty Old Pete
sparkie 0
helped me a lot, i've been a gliderpilot for 16 years.
I didnt really have to think about stuff like landing pattern, landing into the wind, stalling and flaring.
When under canopy I think of it as a really really bad gliderplane
I didnt really have to think about stuff like landing pattern, landing into the wind, stalling and flaring.
When under canopy I think of it as a really really bad gliderplane
Needless to say, after his first landing under a parachute he was ready to go into more detail concerning canopy piloting…
I cannot comment about being a pilot because I am not one, but from what I understand it is a little different eh?
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Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…
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