I learned the hard way last summer--2nd day on the training hill--to listen to my body. Pulled something in my ribs that turned my 2nd day of training into my last one for the next two months.
excellent job! I wouldn't worry about calling spots until at least 50+ flights, you still got a ways to go to hit that 90 :P. What I would focus on now is good launches in progressively stronger conditions, and start messing around in the air like start playing with your speed, getting close to stall without actually stalling, going faster and making slight turns to make sure you don't induce PIO (if you do, just back off the speed and let it stabilize itself), practice those coordinated turns in varying turn angles, and get comfortable with more and more turbulence in the air. That's going to help you build tolerance as you either ridge soar or thermal. You're already doing great to come in with speed on final, you'll need to do that as well when you fly tougher conditions so you don't get pushed around when landing. Oh and you seem to already do a great job coming out of the harness already, but if you're still wigged out by it, just get in and out of your harness a bunch while in the air. On lifty days, hell, do diff direction 360s when you are over the field (do it to the left/right of center so you're not doing unpredictable things when other students are just doing boxes) then get into the pattern. Start experimenting, this is when the fun starts!
A few days prior to heading to LMFP, I threw a rope over a sturdy tree branch and hung the harness from it so I could experiment with getting in and out of it. I wasn't wigged out by pulling my legs out for landing; it actually felt pretty natural. (Getting the legs in on the first try is a bit harder, but I'm really impressed by the design, ergonomics, and usability of pod harnesses.) Launching, flying, and landing in stronger conditions is on the to-do list when I can get back in--sadly--about a month from now. I'm hoping for some lifty conditions and got permission to do a few turns if I pass through a thermal that seems promising. Sadly, by Flight 24 (my last one so far), there were none. Thanks for your suggestions/recommendations! I appreciate the advice, and if you see something I'm doing that's not-so-good (I try to be critical of my flight in my description, but there are things I know I don't know), please let me know!
Thanks! I've had 4 more flight since this one, and 3 of those 4 have been in the target. Once it clicked (and the LZ air is calm), it seemed to click. Sadly, on the last three, I forgot to declare a spot landing on all but one. Otherwise, I'd have already had my three for my H3!
@@yoshidragonaga I hope I have the knack and it's not just luck! :) Yes, LMFP hooked me up with a really nice used wing, used pod harness, and a new helmet.
