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I completely agree with Kuai43. The Coriolis effect is mentioned in flight one 205 and those who have taken this course should be familiar with this principle. One of the main reasons we do 270s is to mitigate effects of the coriolis. By first turning into a downwind before facing into the wind the two forces effectively cancel each other out. This also works for down winders by first turning into the wind before finishing your turn and recovering with the wind to your back. I hope this helps happy swooping bud. Door! Green! Enjoy

I think it should be a separate canopy if you want a stepping stone. Dialing back the KA platform would make me sad. Door! Green! Enjoy

Chuting Star has a pretty sweet set of risers with nice dive loops available. They aren't too expensive and work well I use them on both my rigs. When you sell your rig just put your original risers back on and move your nice ones over to your new rig. Door! Green! Enjoy

Yup way behind. I think I might just change it to my A license number and put my jumps back at 100. It would be entertaining enough. Updating that is almost as bad as logbooking. Door! Green! Enjoy

I'll give it a few good goes with the standard turn again and let you know if I'm able to squeeze anymore out of it. Door! Green! Enjoy

It kinda morphed into that through heavier and heavier carving. I kinda plateaued a bit at one point on how far i could tip it over and bring it back up. Keeping a little bit of turn at the end was some input given to me by a reputable canopy pilot as something to try making it a little easier to pull it off. It has helped a bit actually. For the wing over attempts I was using a mellow 270 keeping just a hint of turn going with a non aggressive recovery. Its hard to see exactly whats going on with it in the video. I was using just a hint of rears to plane out(not much keeping it very conservative until I plane out at toe drag height) and right at that moment I use a hefty amount of left riser throwing the canopy over and compensating with the opposite riser. The timing and the aggressiveness of the opposite riser input lets me dictate my waist height off the ground. I burn off tons of energy when the wing is off to the side like that so it leaves me just enough time to throw it over hard and snap it back up with the toggles for a stand up. "puts bag of popcorn in the microwave" 650-700 jumps 400-450 on KA 150 I'm a little behind on my logging but somewhere between that. This was from a couple months ago not supper current at the moment so the swooping progression is on the sideline for a bit and working on video until I get current enough to really get back at the canopy stuff. Figured it would be a good topic for the forum since the canopy control section has been a bit dull lately. Door! Green! Enjoy

This is about as far as I have been able to efficiently bring it over and still have enough power left over for a stand up. Props to the ones who get that last little bit of angle out of it because it takes some serious power to make it happen. https://vimeo.com/155573673 Door! Green! Enjoy

Oh yeah one more thing if you don't stand it up it doesn't count in my book it's just a crappy landing. Door! Green! Enjoy

So I'm working on getting my wingover. Any advice out their from people who do them? I'm on a katakana 150 loaded at 1.5... It would be sweet if I can touch grass with my wingtip on a big canopy(bragging rights I guess). The last foot or so is really proving to be quite difficult. Links to videos and photos would be cool too so feel free to share if you have them. I'll see if I can upload where I left off later. Door! Green! Enjoy

Planing out in the wrong direction and flying away from the landing area has catastrophic consequences when the tandem doesn't get there landing photos/video. Here is a bit of a question. Definitely not ideal practice but just food for thought. Just how flyable are big turns? I haven't messed around with more than a 360 but it seems to me that if your doing a large turn 450plus you have a lot more room to make adjustments. Granted 450 to 630 is a pretty big leap but definitely a lot better than turning a 270 into a 450. Turning a 270 into a 450 requiers a 67% increase in rotation speed to pull off which is a bit extreme. Turning a 450 into a 630 would only require about a 40% increase to pull off. So the bigger the turn the more you have to play with in a sense. Granted these are rough calculations leaving out plenty of variables but you get the point. Door! Green! Enjoy

Yeah I'm not saying they aren't capable or effective canopies. I do however believe that there will be other canopies in the future that will have slightly different flight characteristics more suited to whatever the modern techniques/ learning progressions will be at the time. I'm not sure you stayed on the same page when I was talking about lighter wing loadings. In the grand scheme of Canopy Piloting a 1.8 inst very high but for the typical jumper who wants to learn how to swoop it can be a bit fast. The scariest swoopers I have seen where people who where learning around that same wing loading. So far it seems like the Schumann style wings are quite sensitive to harness input. Now if this harness sensitivity carries over to the other non cross braced versions It could make for more swoop friendly larger canopies. Of course it wouldn't be as extreme as their crossed braced parents but I'm thinking it may still carry over to an extent. Now hypothetically lets say they did carry over some of those traits and now people where following this new path of canopy progression on Schumann platform wings couldn't this possibly lead to another canopy along side the velocity that's more along the lines of a Schumann? I have never swooped a saber 2 at 1.8 only up to a 1.5. I haven't flown any of the crossed braced canopies yet but I'm sure they are great. Just speculating throwing around ideas here. Door! Green! Enjoy

^^^fixing your typo about the openings^^^ you accidentally typed in worst instead of best. It's OK though we all know what you really meant to say. In my opinion I thought the transition from Saber 2 over to the Katana felt just about right for me at a 1.5 W/L. I borrowed my friends Saber 2 150 and hammered out a few 90s on that for a couple weeks as a little transition instead of dealing with the downsize and platform change at the same time. I felt like changing platforms without downsizing at the same time was key. The canopies extra range was the only thing I really needed to figure out once I got on it. As far as something new I'm doubting we are going to see anything between the saber 2 and the katana just yet. I'd like for this new mystery thing to keep the katanas dive but be more sensitive to harness input. Part of me wonders if we will start seeing more swoop capable canopies at lighter wing loadings. Not saying that big canopies cant be swooped or people won't be competing with small canopies but I kinda feel like performance without the W/L could be something we see in the future. This would of course make room for a KA2 and a velocity2 creating a smooth progression onto the VK. Thoughts??? Door! Green! Enjoy

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I get the occasional opening that is more abrupt than the others but they have been far from seeing stars. My pulse was more consistent delivering the same thing every time though. Quick and smooth. Door! Green! Enjoy

As mentioned above tracking is very dynamic and is a skill in itself. Keep it small until you hone your skills in a variety of angles and expand your effective tracking range. An experienced rabbit that can maintain a consistent track will go a long ways in your learning curve. When I get on a tracking dive I will not only consider the size of the group but also the ratio of experienced/inexperienced trackers within the group. Even with a small group have a solid game plan and cover all the what ifs during the dirt dive. If it doesn't feel right opt out. Smaller groups that operate smoothly are a lot more fore fun than finding yourself in the middle of a shit show. Its a lurning curve be safe, find proper guidance, and use good judgment. People are just looking out for you and everyone else bud. Tracking dives can get messy quick dont forget to respect them. Door! Green! Enjoy

TBH that doesn't seem all that extreme to me. If he just downsized one size and was competent at 180 or larger turns before then I don't see much of an issue purely based on the info you gave. That doesnt seem to extreme to me either. Not like being on a sub 100 canopy at a 2.6 w/l and trying to learn 180's on it with only 500 jumps(if your profile is correct). Also you state you have 200 jumps on it. So youve been jumping a sub100 crossedbraced @2.6 w/l since 300 jumps and you're worried about someone else? Ha, id be more worried about you than the other guy. Assuming the above assumptions are correct. I hope this is at a DZ that flies a MoGas cessna. I don't really care what someone dose to themselves. It's how they deal with traffic that concer ns me. BTW I think we all saw a good 180 video recently. (Kicking back and throwing a bag of popcorn in the microwave) Door! Green! Enjoy

I am not sure anyone can give you advice over the internet besides getting some coaching. In addition to not seeing any of your landings there are too many variables. Technique, body/harness geometry, canopy size, and wing loading will all affect your ideal initiation altitude. I am not sure what your doing wrong all I can tell you is that I jumped my friends saber 2 150 at 1.46:1 and was able to burn 300' into final doing 90 degree harness turn. Door! Green! Enjoy

Although the downsizing checklist is a great start in deciding weather you are ready to bump down a size I don't think it's enough. My biggest issue with downsizing is being able to safely navigate slower canopies flying erratic landing patterns. In a perfect world there is plenty of vertical separation and flight paths are predictable but this is not always the case. When you find yourself with 20 jumpers bunched up trying to land at the same time is when you might be glad you where still at a lighter wing loading. If your main is not already low bulk find one that is and stay with the same size. Door! Green! Enjoy

Took me 36. The accuracy is what killed me killed me. I think 25-36 was mostly hop and pops. Door! Green! Enjoy

Flying an inconsistent pattern and only using your toggles to fly your canopy to some unknown location in the landing area is as boring as doing solo jumps. Just like free fall; the better you get the more fun you have. I enjoy exploring my canopy's potential and my own ability to consistently make it do what i want. Start with the basics and be patient. Canopy stuff doesn't get boring for me it gets better with time. Door! Green! Enjoy

I used to think that I could dodge someone no problem until I got clipped in the landing area. As I was setting my breaks I was watching another jumper coming in on a stranded straight in final. At the time I didn't think much of it; his intended touchdown appeared to be about 20 or more feet to my right so I continued stowing my breaks and watching him. The combination of a slight cross wind, asymmetrical flair, and maybe a little target fixation hooked him right into my direction. I dove immediately when he started hooking around and was still clipped hard enough to flip me over my canopy. I watched him the whole time and was quick to dive out of the way but being quick isn't always quick enough. We both walked away little shook up and with a new respect for the landing area. When I drop my rig off in the packing area these days the toggles will be on the risers but there is a good chance the breaks wont be set. Door! Green! Enjoy

Yup he sent me the same copy and paste. Door! Green! Enjoy