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Used to do front filps all the time, because I had just moved to a turbine DZ and figured I had the extra altitude so let's have some fun! But after a while it got to be too much, we were burning up so much altitude in the flips and recovery that the videographers were wasting face-time getting to us, even when they knew the flips were coming. Now I usually just "poise" them off the plane and the exits (and videos) have been SO much better...
Elvisio "more of my .02 on tandems" Rodriguez
Elvisio "more of my .02 on tandems" Rodriguez
lug 4
I have done back and forward flips in the past if I was comfortable with the student, but that was then. Today if a student asks to flip out the door my reply is, I will do what I can, and then give them a nice stable exit, hips to the relative wind or maybe a diving exit. I have never heard a disappointed comment for a student for not doing a flip, but I agree in that the student usually never knows.
Memento Mori
I never do intentional flips. For the students it does not matter but why wold I take extra risk concerning premature openings or sidespins. I normally do posed exit face forward (in a C206) Even in case the passenger does a reversed arc I can exit very easy and throw the droque. After that I will correct the passenger. The shape of the passenger does not matter because I'm stable with the wind blowing against our front.
I'm not very large, and that even works with passengers a lot taller than me
I also love the booties on my tandemsuit. It gives me so much more control
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Using your droque to gain stability is a bad habit,
Especially when you are jumping a sport rig
I'm not very large, and that even works with passengers a lot taller than me
I also love the booties on my tandemsuit. It gives me so much more control
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Using your droque to gain stability is a bad habit,
Especially when you are jumping a sport rig
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