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Dynamic 202

Fly a near-vertical belly angle and transition to back

The belly slot, and the transition to back that recovers everything above it.

What this unit covers

This unit completes the Dynamic 200 tier: the flyer holds the belly slot on a near-vertical angle through the dive and the pull-out, then transitions belly→back in slot in the second half of the jump as the line flattens out again.
The transition serves a plain safety purpose: it is the recovery skill for the belly-flyer-low-without-visual scenario on a flock and roll.
The rest of it
A belly flyer who goes low, classically trapped on the inside or outside of the turn, loses sight of the diving near-vertical group and can float up through it; transitioning to back regains the visual (the project's coaching doctrine, 2026-08-05 dynamic track redesign).
This unit formalises the track's bail-out standard: the flyer demonstrates the belly→back transition to the coach here, and every later Dynamic unit relies on it.
The centrepiece and unit assessment is the evaluation jump: exit on belly, follow the leader onto a near-vertical angle through the dive and the pull-out, then transition to back in slot on the briefed key as the line flattens (the project's coaching doctrine, the pre-dynamic evaluation jump of Part 1, re-founded at near-vertical pitch by the 2026-08-05 redesign).
The belly side of the tier also carries the track's most important basic-dynamic skill: advanced belly angles at high speed, because the classic cork point on a pass-through is a flyer comfortable on back who transitions to belly at speed and corks (the project's coaching doctrine, The Freefly Project 2026-07-27).
Completing FFP-DY201 and FFP-DY202 completes the tier: a flyer who can hold both belly and back on a near-vertical jump, with the bail-out standard demonstrated, holds the tier standard.
Leadership doctrine for through-vertical jumps lives in FFP-DY303 and FFP-DY304. Mastery track, no sign-off. Completion of this unit is a milestone, not a permission: it completes the Dynamic 200 tier and admits the flyer to the track's 300-tier units within this curriculum, and nothing more.
The unit's entry standards are course-internal safety standards, prerequisites to participate in these jumps, not jump permissions, licences, crests or endorsements of any kind. Any drop zone may adopt them as local policy; this curriculum only recommends them.
No jump in this unit passes through vertical: the group steepens toward vertical and shallows back onto the same line, pulling out the way it came in, and the transition happens in the second half as the line flattens.
The track's through-vertical standard, head-down competence at crest standard for every participant, because everyone on a through-vertical jump is momentarily flying head-down, applies from FFP-DY303 onward, where it is verified (the project's coaching doctrine, standard scope clarified by The Freefly Project 2026-07-26). Environment: sky, with tunnel drills (belly↔back flips and layouts, belly and back carving) as preparation. Supervision: the coach leads a 2–3-way from the belly, dynamic jumps are led on belly, and the belly leader holds full ground visual through the dive, the pull-out and the group's transition.
Group size guide: 2–3 plus the coach-leader, and the coach designs every jump around the least experienced flyer (USPA SIM 5-10.E; Spaceland movement policy).

What comes before it

Screen 2 · What you are watched on

What you are watched on

The same short list a coach ticks, in the same words. Nothing is hidden from you.

3.2
Hold the belly slot with continuous visual on the leader as the group steepens toward vertical and pulls back out, staying on level and in slot throughout. The coach judges slot competence as a whole, approaching from within your quadrant and holding position, rather than against a measured distance.

Can you hold a belly slot on level with continuous sight of the leader as the group steepens and pulls back out?

3.3 Safety critical
Clear own airspace visually before every transition, no blind transitions.

Do you clear your own airspace visually before every transition, with no blind transitions?

3.4
Transition belly→back in slot on the briefed key as the line flattens, driving the formation-side shoulder up and over the body, never dropping a shoulder under, re-establishing level and slot promptly.

Can you transition belly to back in slot on the key, driving the formation-side shoulder up and over rather than dropping it underneath?

Screen 3 · Safety and altitudes

Safety and altitudes

Everything here is a recommendation with a reason behind it, not a rule. The drop zone you are jumping at, and your own limits on the day, decide what actually happens.

Safety-critical criteria on the short list

3.3
Clear own airspace visually before every transition, no blind transitions.

Do you clear your own airspace visually before every transition, with no blind transitions?

Everything this unit says about breakoff and deployment

1.4
State breakoff (guide: 5,000 ft for groups up to a 4-way, 5,500 ft for a 5-way or larger; set at least 1,000 ft above the highest planned deployment) and deployment altitudes, and the lost-leader protocol (transition to back, turn onto a back angle, and follow the group from below).
4.1
Initiate breakoff at the briefed altitude (within −0/+300 ft).
4.4
Deploy at the planned altitude after clearing airspace.

Altitudes here are the guides this curriculum recommends and argues for. Where the drop zone briefs something different, the drop zone is what you fly.

Screen 4 · After the jump

After the jump

From this unit's own closing element, review.

5.1
Debrief against the declared objective using video.
5.2
Analyse own transition on video for slot displacement, level error and shoulder path at the steeper pitch, identifying one correction for the next jump.
5.3
Write the jump up in the logbook with reflections naming the unit and skills assessed (e.g. "DY202 evaluation jump, near-vertical belly angle, transition to back"), criteria results and current standing against the entry standards, the curriculum gives log entries meaning.

One fault, one correction

Before the video, before anyone else speaks: name the single thing that went wrong, and the single thing you will do differently next jump. One of each. A list of six is a list you will not fly.

Write them into your notes at the bottom of this card, and they will be here next time you open it.

Record this jump

Most records are the flyer's own, and that is the point: your own read of your own flying is worth keeping. A record only counts as verified once a coach signs it.

Your notes for this unit

Saved on this device only. Nothing is sent anywhere, there is nowhere for it to go, and no account is involved. They will be here next time you open this card.

This card is a summary. The full Dynamic 202 unit carries the reasoning, the sources and everything left off here. All briefing cards.