Progessive Swooping

[Seagull 0]

Question

Progessing on swooping, Have down sized, on every down size have added wieght's to increase wing loading , untill next canopy size becomes apperant
(speed and distance and carving performance are at the best for that canopy)
Now I want to Know the better of the two "hook or Carve"
And Why , they might be better performed after a good corkscew to increase speed.

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[PhreeZone 15]

Actually... you should have already learned the best for your flying style and canopy before you started loading it up or downsizing.

Different canopies like different things. And it even depends on wingloading levels whats best.

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[Samurai136 0]

Carving tends to produce the best results. Carving being one long diving arc to the ground. The reason being that the most efficient use of momentum is to alter the canopy's natural glide path as little as possible thru the landing and the dive.

Smoothly generating and controling momentum is the key to getting good swoops. Every 'corrective' piloting input to change heading trades some momentum for heading adjustment.

Ken

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[Hallur 0]

I rarely hook, I like carvings the most since I feel they are more safer. I also get longer swoops.

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[diveout 0]

I like to call my approach a "carving hook turn." There's a very fuzzy line between hook turns and carving approaches. Most of the top competitors I've seen use more of a carving approach than a quick turn.

Either way, at the bottom end of the recovery arc (as you approach ground level) the canopy should return to straight and level flight on its own for best swooping results.

[Hallur 0]

I totally agree. If I stab in my brakes to recover from my dives, I was to low when i started the approach.

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[MissMissy 0]

Carving is the best for 1. increasing speed; 2. it's easier to bail out of if need be; and 3. it's a smoother transition (have you ever watched a canopy swooping competition?). Snapping turns may look cool and all, but with small canopies highly wing loaded, the radical snapping turn just doesn't look that safe. i like to sit and watch canopy pilots and see the smoothest flier and try to imply that in my flying.
missy

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