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  2. Still working on transitions. Need more get more smooth and fluidlike transitions. They are still pretty rough. 

    Agree with you that variations are a good thing, it can be boring to work on details all the time. Need to relax, kick back and enjoy the ride (:

    Cheers

  3. Posted

    Hi and happy new year!

    Have you any target or goal for you flying skills for 2020?

    I have struggled with knee flying lately, looking forward to nail that and progress into sit flying.

    In 2019 I accumulated apx 10 hours flight time.

    Cheers

  5. · Edited by blouberg

    On 9/5/2019 at 8:17 AM, dolphinka said:

    It seems that you have flown for a while since we last spoke! How is your progression? 

    I'm at 2:30 total time, Struggling with backflying at the moment. It's hard to keep track of position in the tunnel. Also I have a hard time getting up from the net from lying on my back.  I have 15 minutes booked for tomorrow, more backflying (:

    Her's a promo video for my home tunnel, I'm in a short sequence backflying. Black and orange suite (:

     

  6. On 9/1/2019 at 9:20 PM, dolphinka said:

    Blouberg, how did it go with a new suit and a new helmet?:) 

    Really like both the suit and helmet. Suit fits like a glove and it feels nice to fly without a large loose and flapping student suit. Took a couple of flights to get used to the suit.

    The Skyhelmet is a step up from the G3 loaners at the tunnel. Was a little tight the first hour or so, now it feels just right. This helmet reduces noise level as well.

    So to sum up, I'm very happy with the new gear.

    Cheers

     

  8. 6 hours ago, Wirzael said:

    Start sharing your time as soon as possible as an addition to your time with the coach, this will help and don't forget to have fun in there.

     

    Good advise to have fun, I struggled bigtime on backflying yesterday, then it's good to just "fly around"  and feel the joy a couple of flights before the struggle continues (;

    Think it makes sense for me to go from 4 x 2:30 to 5 x 3 minutes sessions, even if it means some more days in between. 

      

  10. 12 hours ago, BigL said:

    If I have the time on my account and a coach available, I would look at doing 30-45 minutes per day. I'm working on dynamic so it's not too taxing on the body.

    Think it will be some time before I can do 45 minutes a day. Did 20 minutes today, as I'm still learning the basics it*s a lot to absorb, body holds up fine, but i get mentally worn out. 

  11. 34 minutes ago, billvon said:

    A few random ones:

    Sounds like good advice (:

    The local tunnel have a membership option, probably the easiest way of finding  people to fly with. Membership cuts a little of the cost  as well. (: 

     

  12. 32 minutes ago, billvon said:

    We regularly do 15 minutes a night - 10 sessions, 90 seconds each - for informal 4 way training.  But all of us are fairly used to the tunnel.  

    Thanks for replying, 90 seconds makes sense when practicing routines and formation work.

    So far I have only done solo flights (with coach). I'm trying to figure out the best way to learn and get the most out of the time in the tunnel.

     

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    How much time are you guys spending when you fly? I know distance will factor in, but in an ideal world, how much time for a visit and how many flights?

    So far I have used 10 minutes a week, varied between 5 x 2 minutes and 4 x 2:30.  I'm a little undecided on this, on one side more flights gives an extra chat with the coach, or to an extra look at the video between flights, on the other hand the ekstra 30 seconds are nice when I struggle with a move etc.

    Cheers

     

  14. Hi dolphinka, thanks!  I have looked at your videos, nice going!  Can't wait until i get into some mere advanced stuff. I have stepped up the stretching, considering Yoga (: 

    Living next near the tunnel is as you say a mixed blessing..

    I ordered the Sonic V3 tunnel suit and the Skyhelmets Fujin. The suit will be here in a couple of weeks, the helmet arrived yesterday. (: Looking forward to try it on Monday. 

    cheers

  15. Thanks for the heads up(: I can se the need for padding when starting to do some more advanced moves,  (: So far learning to bellyfly I've had no wallstrikes other than a finger between the helmet and glass.

    Have opted for knee and elbow pads in the suit i have on order.

     

  17. Posted

    Hi all, I'm a newly hooked tunnelflyer. 60 year Norwegian male. Got hooked on Tunnel flying thru a corporate event thing. (Meeting and a couple of flight minutes). This combined with a brand new Tunnel 5-6 Km from my home totally "sucked" me in. Current rate of flying is apx 10 minutes a week. I now have ca 70 minutes of flight time, and loving it!

    Nice to read about, and see, others journey into Tunnel flight. Looking forward to read more and to pick up pointers and advise from seasoned skydivers.
    Thanks to @vincearnone for an excellent article on gear. Suit and helmet are on order.

    I have a Youtube channel where I collect some videos from stuff I do (: Also some tunnel videos from the very first time to a week ago when I hit the 1 hour mark (: Channel name: fander2bike. There also some bikestuff in there 
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdlp3F5qKiFeLoK1G-Q26Ow?view_as=subscriber )

    Cheers