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From: dth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Arch problems
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Date: 3 May 91 16:56:33 GMT
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I have a problem that maybe some of you have encountered.  I took up
skydiving in the Spring of '89, and immediately fell in love with it.
Only problem was, I could not arch enough to remain stable; as soon as I
started my free-falls I lost control on every jump and had to time my
pulls with when I had the ground in sight.

Is there another jump attitude that maintains stability?  Or is there
something I can do to improve my arched stability?  I have not jumped
since Fall of '89, simply because I got tired or one-man acrobatics
(aerbatics?) and always worrying that I would wrap the canopy around
myself during a barrel roll.  Plus, doing 5-second free-falls 23 times
in a roll gets to be boring.

Dave
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Dave Hightower		|    opinion? I'm allowed to have an opinion?
dth@cis.ufl.edu		| well, if I DID have one, it'd be mine, all mine!
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