marysha

Some canopies are definitely easier to land than others You are definitely right and I will try to get a proper canopy for me. But even the best canopy in the world cannot guarantee proper control over it without pilot's skills... The better a pilot is, the better the canopy flies

How old is the Omega you were jumping? IIRC the early ones were measured like the Safire 1- so that 149 may have been closer in actual size to the 135 you were jumping than it would be to a Sabre 150. I do not know, maybe you are right as it has quite big vertical speed. The DOM is April 2001, it is one of demo canopies. Thanks a lot for your suggestions, I will try to find a canopy control course in my region if there are any. And I will start with a big canopy, as you say.

One question. Do you have any problems pulling the toggles down for a full flare at altitude? I've noticed some smaller girls seem to have issues getting the full flare out of their canopy. Yes, you are right, this is one of the difficulties. Quite often I feel that I cannot pull the toggles completely down, as if they get entangled with some obstacle. This was one of the the reasons why I broke my leg: I was able to pull one toggle completely down but the other one "stopped" and I could not make it move further. THank you for a tip with slapping thighs, I will try it.

with a good canopy instructor you may find it easier to learn I already asked the instructors whom I know; the only thing they say is that flare should be done in two steps etc; I know this in theory but ... on practice I just do not feel the canopy. It is quite difficult to go to the US for the canopy control course, unfortunately What kind of 9 cell canopy are you jumping? It was last year that I had a 9-cell Spinaker 135, this is a Russian rectangular canopy.This year I jumped with Omega 149.

Hi, I am desperately looking for advice from experienced skydivers or instructors. From my very first AFF jump and till now I have problems with landing. I do not feel the canopy and almost never do I flare it properly. My boyfriend filmed my landings but I always made different mistakes to make use of those videos. Sometimes I stall it a bit high and more frequently I pull brakes too slowly which does not give me time to stop horizontal speed of the canopy. But I just do not feel it. I started jumping - of course - with student size canopies, and then people told me that it is easier to flare more loaded canopies. So that last season I jumped with 9-cell rectangular 135 ft canopy (wingload approx. 1,15) and my landings really became a little bit better but I was not constant with them. This year I jumped with Omega 149 (wingload 1.0) and it became much much worse (I have to say that the canopy was perferctly ok)! People at my DZ got used to my spectaculous landings but nobody could really help. I tried to correct my mistakes but the most problem was that I did not understand what exactly I was doing wrong and why do I have those lousy landings. The only thing I understood was that if I do not learn how to land, something wrong may happen sooner or later. Quite logically, on my 172th jump I broke my ankle because I did not flare fully in unwindy weather.... In a few month I will be able to jump again. But I am very much afraid that if I do not improve my landing technics, I will simply have to give up and quit as I do not have a reserve set of bones for such mistakes It would be a big pity, though, as in all the other aspects I am not such a desperate skydiver. ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO COULD HELP ME WITH ADVICE? Which canopy is it better to start with after a break? How can I make myself feel the canopy? Shall I ask somebody to guide me with radio station on my first jumps? Shall I ask my rigger to make steering lines shorter? Or am I a sample of clinical stupidity which cannot be cured? Please, please help!

QuoteI do not quite understand your reply... do you have to land exactly into a 2 meter circle during 25 jumps in order to become C-license holder or do youmerely have to fit into a 2 meter "corridor"? We have discussions around our license requirements; thus, as it was already said, one must lans within the circle in three consecutive certification jumps. As a rule, there are several people in one load doing those accuracy jumps. Firstly, they are trying to hit one target on relatively loaded canopies (1.3 or even higher) which, we think, may be dangerous. Secondly, while trying to land within a small target in order to meet certification requirements, a person can tend to flare to high or to low which can also be dangerous. The only way to show that you CAN land within the target is usually to take a big canopy and to show accuracy jumping on a canopy with a low wingload. However, is it not a bit senseless then? Currently, there are hot disputes whether we should change our rules and set, e.g., 10 meter accuracy requirement or think about 2 meter corridor (not a circle to land). HOwever, we have not reached a common opinion yet, and that it why we would really appreciate if you explain how your USPA requirements work on practice and whether you agree with them.

I've heard quite a few dissenting opinions about this canopy; dealers indicate that it is a semi-elliptical or even slightly elliptical while it has already been said in the forum that Contrail is very much like Stiletto. If you ever jumped with Contrail, please share your opinion on its flying characteristics. Can it be used by beginners considering that a wingload is not big (1.1)? Many thanks!!!

Hey, privet Jraf! good Russian Unfortunately, there are no links to Belgian dropzones from uspa.com page , the beer is really great but it´s not a substitution, especially with such a weather

Are there any skydivers from Belgium? I´m in Brussels till the end of September and I´d like to jump on the dropzone which is not extremely far from here but the majority of web-sites are in French! Please, if there is a Belgian skydiver, give me some tips on your dropzones!!!???