kneedragon

Much of this has been very helpful and I'm appreciative of everyone's thoughts and time. I am interested in feedback on people's individual techniques-- I figure the more tools I'm armed with the more options in my pocket to make this work. The body position info. in particular has given me some things to experiment with. 'blazetailman' mentioned a set-up that might help prevent getting tossed over the back of the formation, which of my many difficulties has been the most consistent. On one jump yesterday (which I had the misfortune of having on video) I look like a rag doll getting swung over the back of the OC. Focusing on driving into the relative wind; use it instead of being used by it is something I will experiment with. Thanks for the feedback and keep it coming!!!

Greetings and Happy New Year. My fledgling 4-way team, on which I fly Point, normally jumps and competes out of an Otter. Our local DZ has been importing a King Air for use during these winter months in which jumper turn-out is low and I am finding that I am struggling, at best, to front-float out of the King Air. I've never had a problem out of an Otter, but the increased ground speed and prop. blast is throwing me a$$ akimbo almost every single time. The few times I've been able to keep it together have still been borderline unstable and not conducive to an immediate key. Our team would be screwed if we had to compete out of a King Air. I realize that not seeing my exits makes it difficult to address my situation specifically, therefore, I'm hoping for ANY feedback, strategies, focal points, or just plain advice on what works for you or your team mate. My biggest concern is not that I'm botching the exits, it's that I don't know why and therefore can't make corrections. I need to start with the basics. Thanks for any tips.