On Feb 14, 3:40 pm, John Smith wrote:
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Folks I used to jump with (ram-air wings) were always twitchy about
stalling their canopies in flight (but did so to land, go figger).
First time I tried it I had a good scare (no instructor seat in a
harness) because the ram-air chute collapses when it stalls giving you
a good sudden 2' drop, then wads up into a semicircular mini-round
chute and you start dropping *backwards* and down at 40-50mph.

It's even more fun to go full into the brakes as far as you fingers can
get them until the canopy starts to rock backwards, and then let go of
them!

That's 'zackly what I'm talkin' about! I like it when the drogue
flops over the front.

I learned to let the brakes off a little more slowly. 'Course I was
jumping video then too with a heavy HI-8 rig and full sized SLR with
motordrive.