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Dynamic · Group · The brief

Dynamic 302

Fly movement into vertical

Arriving on a line and turning it vertical.

What the course is about

You'll learn to start a jump on a line behind a belly leader and finish it as a vertical formation. Dynamic 301, the same jump flown the other way, comes first.
This direction asks more of your vertical flying, so fly the orientation of your Head-Up 301 or Head-Down 301 course. In Australia, an angle jump needs at least a Certificate C and an approved leader.

What comes before it

Screen 2 · What to watch

What to watch

The same short list the flyer sees on their card, in the same words.

3.4
Transition to vertical (head-up or head-down) on the briefed key, holding slot and level through the transition.

Can you transition to vertical on the briefed key while holding slot and level?

3.5 Safety critical
Hold the angle slot when late on the transition key, transitioning only once the flyer ahead is vertical and own airspace is clear, never while closing on the group.

If you are late on the key, do you hold the angle slot and transition only once the flyer ahead is vertical and your airspace is clear?

3.6
Build the briefed round, approaching on level and docking without destabilising the formation.

Can you approach on level and dock into the round without destabilising the formation?

Screen 3 · What blocks a sign-off

What blocks a sign-off

A safety-critical item marked not yet stops the sign-off, however good the rest of the flying was. The rest of the jump cannot make up for it.

Safety-critical items on the short list

3.5
Hold the angle slot when late on the transition key, transitioning only once the flyer ahead is vertical and own airspace is clear, never while closing on the group.

If you are late on the key, do you hold the angle slot and transition only once the flyer ahead is vertical and your airspace is clear?

Everything this course says about breakoff and deployment

1.6
State the breakoff and deployment altitudes (guides: 5,000 ft up to a 4-way, 5,500 ft for five or more; where the jump is flown head-up the floor rises, head-up groups 5,500 ft minimum; breakoff at least 1,000 ft above the highest planned deployment), the fan-out plan, and the lost-leader protocol.
4.1
Initiate breakoff at the briefed altitude (within −0/+300 ft).
4.4
Deploy at the planned altitude after clearing airspace.

Recording a sign-off says what you saw on one jump. Permission to jump, and anything the drop zone requires, stay with the drop zone.

Screen 4 · Conditions

Conditions

Where the evidence is allowed to come from, and how much of it there needs to be.

Assessment conditions

- Sky jumps from 12,000 ft or higher (recommended). The moving part and the vertical build both need working time.
Assessment jumps are flown as a real group within the 2–4-way guide: a qualified leader plus at least one other flyer, completing the full sequence from moving exit to accordion.
Where the coach briefs the closing moving part, it is assessed as an extension. The core sequence stands on its own.
Video of every assessment jump is required, from an outside camera or leader-flown, with the flyer identifiable.
Equipment: a visual altimeter, a working audible (a second recommended), an AAD (recommended), and freefly-suitable gear.
The group declares the flight path to the load and manifest. Conditions stay within every flyer's cleared limits.
Dynamic 301, or the same record for it, applies on every route, and the Dynamic 202 assessment jump is recommended for every flyer.
The assessor is a freefly coach current in dynamic and movement coaching, using the Dynamic 302 checklist. Each criterion is marked Satisfactory or Not Yet Satisfactory.
As a guide, it takes about 8 coached jumps, at least 4 through the full sequence, over at least two days or conditions within six months.
Tunnel time can build the transition to vertical and the vertical formation. Exits, navigation and breakoff are learned in the sky.
If you already fly movement into vertical, your coach can assess you on two jumps, or from your logbook, video and tunnel records backed by sky jumps.

Performance evidence

After each jump, debrief the video with your coach and log one fault on the steepening line and one in the vertical build, each with a fix. You've finished Dynamic 302 when you fly two jumps in a row that meet everything on the coach's checklist below.

Screen 5 · Debrief

Debrief

Safety first, then fun, then learning. In that order, every time.

Coaching priorities

Safety first, then fun, then learning. Hold the bold criteria to the standard above. Set one objective per jump, match the tempo to the group, and offer the closing moving part as the reward once the core sequence is tight. End each debrief on something that went well, with one thing to improve.

One fault, one correction

Ask for their read before you give yours. Then leave them with one fault and one correction, in their words if you can get them. One of each is easier to carry onto the next load than six points.

A jump marked not yet is a jump to fly again. Tell them that as part of the debrief.

Record this jump

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