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

Dynamic 301

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.

3.4

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 · 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

3.5

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.

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, marking angle faults (slot and level misses on the steepening line) and vertical-formation faults (transition, round and accordion) separately.

5.2

Identify one steepening-segment fault and one vertical-formation fault, with a correction for the next jump.

5.3

Log the jump with criteria results and a reflection naming the unit and skills assessed (e.g. "FFP-DY302 movement into vertical, held slot through the steepening, late on the accordion grip"), entries like this make the logbook a meaningful training record.

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 302 course page carries the reasoning, the sources and everything left off here. All briefing cards.