tqsmile 0 #1 May 23, 2004 Which is the better way to exit? Grabbing your student's legs with yours or not, as you leave the aircraftTQ I am me and you are you, so deal with it!!! www.skydivepe.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 May 24, 2004 Quote Which is the better way to exit? Grabbing your student's legs with yours or not, as you leave the aircraft That's sort of a loaded question. If properly trained, I would say atleast 90% of tandem students will have their legs up and back. Of the 10% or so that don't, 9% will still be flyable. So my opinion and what I do is just fly the exit, locking the student's legs on exit doesn't really help promote a good instructor arch, which can combat many problems, but be prepared to leg lock your student if needed. Obviously, you're going to have to play around a bit and figure out what works best for you.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #3 May 24, 2004 QuoteWhich is the better way to exit? Grabbing your student's legs with yours or not, as you leave the aircraft I would rather expend my energy making MY exit position the best it can be rather than waisting time, energy, and effort compromising my body position to fix a students poor position. I can "fly" bad students, but a bad student will "fly" me only if I let them.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #4 May 24, 2004 QuoteI would rather expend my energy making MY exit position the best it can be rather than wasting time, energy, and effort compromising my body position to fix a students poor position. I can "fly" bad students, but a bad student will "fly" me only if I let them. Amen to that. I fly the exit, regardless of the student's body position. Unless the student creates an orientation for us as a pair that makes it unsafe for me to throw the drogue, I won't make any corrections to the student until the drogue is out and I have completed my handle check. 95% of them have gotten squared away by then anyway, remembering what I trained them to do on the ground. Most of the videos I have seen of poor drogue throws have been caused by a TM that is in a hurry to get the drogue out.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ostrich 0 #5 May 24, 2004 I fly me first, the student second. I find that just yelling "ARCH!" into their ear usually has better results than wasting time on trying to trap them (though I've had to resort to that a few times) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tqsmile 0 #6 May 24, 2004 Thanks to all the feedback. I'll fly the exit.TQ I am me and you are you, so deal with it!!! www.skydivepe.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites