caseyusa 0 #1 May 26, 2002 Followed the link on one of the recent posts, Noticed a fatality on http://www.skydivingfatalities.com/ and that the person was observed to be "potato-chipping"... during the jump? Whats that mean? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #2 May 26, 2002 This is where you're too rigid in freefall, and you "rock" backwards and forwards - try dropping a piece of paper and see what happens. Ook Ook Ook !! - The Librarian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #3 May 27, 2002 its something I was doing alot of thru AFF3, it took seeing the video of that jump before i got the idea, 2 more to AFF5 before i was really "stable"my AFF instructors kept telling me to relax, i just didnt get it."I am relaxed, I'm just sort of stressing trying to get everything right" duh..one told me I had great body position, the problem was i was just locking into it instead of arching naturally.video really really helps! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #4 May 27, 2002 If you have time to download it, check out this movie: ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/misc/jumpinduo_potatochip_brandon.avi--Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caseyusa 0 #5 May 27, 2002 bummer all i get is the sound~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fred 0 #6 May 28, 2002 You may need the divx codecs to get video. Just download the free one. You probably don't need to install their player if you like windows media player.I had lots of problems with potato chipping when I was a student (and I'm not much past it now). It seems like it was just a matter of getting a better body position and relaxing instead of constantly trying to fix it. Relax, get into the body position you know is right, and give it some time. If you need to make corrections, do them slowly. If you watch that video, it looks like the jumper is putting his arms out when he's head low, then bring them back in when he's head high, and making the situation worse. Of course, I'm a newbie, and know nothing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #7 May 28, 2002 Quotebummer all i get is the sound~See !codecs.txt in the public folder at http://www.skydivingmovies.com. You can download a single file which will install just about any codec you might need.Davehttp://www.skydivingmovies.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #8 May 28, 2002 Pat Works always talks about "relaxing and letting the wind mold your body". Nothing could be more true in your skydiving education. It applys to the basic arch as well as more complex free fly manuvers! Try jumping from the plane with your eyes closed and feeling the wind, letting it mold your body... (don't forget to open them though...grin) Skydiving is not a static excercise with discrete predictability... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #9 May 28, 2002 >See !codecs.txt in the public folder at http://www.skydivingmovies.com. You can >download a single file which will install just about any codec you might need.Any chance someone has this as an http-download? I can't get ftp through the firewall at work...Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #10 May 28, 2002 Try Here Let's go play chicken with a planet !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #11 June 5, 2002 QuoteIf you have time to download it, check out this movie: ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/misc/jumpinduo_potatochip_brandon.aviThat would be me. Wildblue videoed that of me and we had a good laugh.....but I'm sure it still makes other laugh. Heh heh.....JumpinDuo.com...news, pictures, skydiving and links. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
