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 the course is about

You'll learn to hold a belly slot as the group dives toward vertical and pulls out, then transition to your back in slot as the line flattens. That transition is the bail-out every later Dynamic course relies on. Dynamic 201 comes first, because the back slot on a near-vertical line is where this jump ends.

In Australia, these jumps come under the tracking and angle rules, which need at least a Certificate C and an approved leader.

What comes before it

Dynamic 201

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. The drop zone you are jumping at, and your own limits on the day, decide what happens.

Safety-critical items 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 course 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.

The altitudes here are the guides this site recommends, with the reasons on the full course page. Where the drop zone briefs something different, fly what the drop zone briefs.

Screen 4 · After the jump

After the jump

From the course's closing section, 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, and before anyone else speaks, name the one fault from the jump and the one thing you will change on the next jump. Keep it to one of each, so you have one clear thing to 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

You can record the jump yourself, because your own read of your flying is worth keeping. A record counts as verified once a coach signs it.

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