Tracking...

[LisaH 0]

Does anyone have a good pic of someone tracking?
I need to show it to someone.
Thanks!

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[shropshire 0]

Here y'go.....

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[LisaH 0]

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Here y'go.....

Perfect, perfect, perfect! Thank you so much!

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[JohnMitchell 14]

Won't your instructor show you what it looks like?


After all, that's his job.

[LisaH 0]

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Won't your instructor show you what it looks like?


After all, that's his job.

I'm sure he would...but I don't think I'll get that far. I just wanted to show someone what it looked like.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[rwieder 0]

That second shot shoes the guy in the middle deploying with line twists. Excellent depictions of tracking though!

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[yamtx73 0]

You'll get that far... just go to the dz and get on the plane (don't forget your gear!)... once you're out the door it's easy...

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[LisaH 0]

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You'll get that far... just go to the dz and get on the plane (don't forget your gear!)... once you're out the door it's easy...

So they say
Working on it....

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[yamtx73 0]

How far have you made it so far? You should be almost done with your AFF jumps...

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[LisaH 0]

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How far have you made it so far? You should be almost done with your AFF jumps...

Not far.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[wildcard451 0]

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That second shot shoes the guy in the middle deploying with line twists. Excellent depictions of tracking though!

I wouldn't exactly call that second picture tracking. I see a lot of people diving away from a formation in an attempt to track.....but not much tracking.

[shropshire 0]

Could you please explain how that is NOT tracking?

TRACK : To move fast horizontally in freefall often to achieve separation from other jumpers.


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(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[phoenixlpr 0]

Ok. Now please define tracking formation.

[shropshire 0]

Not too sure... but would that be like a flock?

My question was why did the 2nd picture not show tracking? I'm trying to understand, that's all.

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(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[phoenixlpr 0]

2nd picture _does_ show tracking: the other ring of the big formation is braking off and tracking away.

Point in tracking is maximizing horizontal speed.

Getting separation is just one use case.

[jakee 1,257]

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I wouldn't exactly call that second picture tracking. I see a lot of people diving away from a formation in an attempt to track.....but not much tracking.

Take a look at the left side of the pic, quite a few people floating up on the formation already.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[shropshire 0]

Thanks, I think. (isn't that what I said?)

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[phoenixlpr 0]

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I wouldn't exactly call that second picture tracking. I see a lot of people diving away from a formation in an attempt to track.....but not much tracking.

Even a 1000 miles journey starts with a single step.

Tracking is about gaining horizontal speed.

If you have docked to a formation on the bely you don't have have horizontal speed.

[Orange1 0]

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Thanks, I think. (isn't that what I said?)

yup you said OFTEN to gain separation... not exclusively

Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

[shropshire 0]

That would be right... If I go 'a tracking' on my own.. I'm not doing it for separation.. just f'fun..

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Reginald 0]

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Could you please explain how that is NOT tracking?

TRACK : To move fast horizontally in freefall often to achieve separation from other jumpers.
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A proper "Flat Track," which should be used when trying to gain separation from a formation, involves minimizing vertical speed. A good tracker can reduce their vertical speed to 80 or 85 MPH. This reduction in vertical speed allows for more time to track and hence more horizontal separation.

It is very bad form to dive (increase vertical speed) in a "track" away from a formation. Some of the people in the picture are diving at the begining of their "track".

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

[kallend 1,647]

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Could you please explain how that is NOT tracking?

TRACK : To move fast horizontally in freefall often to achieve separation from other jumpers.
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A proper "Flat Track," which should be used when trying to gain separation from a formation, involves minimizing vertical speed. A good tracker can reduce their vertical speed to 80 or 85 MPH. This reduction in vertical speed allows for more time to track and hence more horizontal separation.

It is very bad form to dive (increase vertical speed) in a "track" away from a formation. Some of the people in the picture are diving at the begining of their "track".

There's "tracking" and then there's "flat-tracking". When it comes to getting horizontal separation from others in a formation, I agree with you, but go to a few big-ways and you will see many people whose idea of flat-tracking is to dive away from the formation.

Go on a tracking dive and usually the track is not very flat.

If you do it right on a staged break-off you can look between your legs and see the base below you.

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