Dive Flow 4 Quiz

I will join the USPA today (if I haven’t already) and take home a copy of the USPA A license study guide.

Wing loading is the ratio of the total exit weight divided by the area of the parachute and higher the wing loading, the higher the performance and skill required to pilot the canopy.

What will you do if you find yourself alone on a planned release dive?

To move forward, I will:

Ì will follow the canopy flight plan discussed with my instructor for this skydive.

What are your assigned DEPLOYMENT and DECISION altitudes for this skydive?

At the assigned deployment altitude, I will WAVE-ARCH-REACH-PULL-ARCH.

If I see my instructor waving his/her arms or deploying their parachute, I should deploy my main immediately.

What will you do in an aircraft emergency? (drag and drop)

(Drag and drop)
What will your response be to a:

A slider hang-up is what kind of malfunction?

A pilot chute in tow is what kind of malfunction?

A bag lock is what kind of malfunction?

A streamer is what kind of malfunction?

An out-of-sequence deployment is what kind of malfunction?

If you can’t find and/or deploy your pilot chute, what kind of malfunction is this?

A line over is what kind of malfunction?

Broken line(s) are what kind of malfunction?

Match these two-canopy-out scenarios to the correct response below (drag and drop).