Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!m2xenix!quagga!hippo!ccjg From: ccjg@hippo.ru.ac.za (John Goetsch) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: Arch problems Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 06:18:39 GMT References: <28390@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991May7.134409.5340@eng.ufl.edu> <3333@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <2938@atari.UUCP> Sender: usenet@quagga.ru.ac.za (Rhodes University NNTP server) Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Lines: 33 In <2938@atari.UUCP> bob@atari.UUCP (Robert F. Hutson) writes: >>>In article <28390@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> dth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower) writes: >>>>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. >> >One day, the local diving club came up with this great new >(money-making) idea. They tie-wrapped a 35mm camera to the strut. >'For $10.00 we'll take your picture!' >After spending the ten dollars, nothing was more important to me than >staring into the camera! Do you know how much arch it take to follow >the plane after release? Best jump of my life! >To be serious for just a moment, looking into that camera forced me into >the right arch and the trip was great! If you can't mount a camera on >your plane, pretend anyway. What, I have tried to do is to encourage exiting trainees to maintain *eye-contact* with the jumpmaster on exit. This means that your head will be back automatically, and it is amazing how hypnotised one is by simple eye-contact. Much like looking into the camera, but the human element seems to help. Good luck! -- John Goetsch -- Rhodes University -- Grahamstown -- South Africa Internet: ccjg@hippo.ru.ac.za -- uucp: ..!uunet!m2xenix!quagga!hippo!ccjg Phone: +27 [0]461 22023 ext 279/280 - and lastly - Fax: +27 [0]461 25049