My One Year iFly Tunnel Progression

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
  • This video chronicles my first year of indoor skydiving (tunnel flying). After many decades of skydiving, learning to fly in the tunnel has been a very humbling experience. I should say it was more of a "relearning" experience in many ways. I definitely had to "unlearn" many bad habits and the muscle memory associated with those habits.
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  • @ThisIsMyAlt0
    @ThisIsMyAlt0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is really satisfying to watch! Proud of you homie!

  • @msven
    @msven ปีที่แล้ว

    100% humbling. The immediate feedback of not being stable and the vertical and horizontal impact, seeing yourself go forward/backwards and up/down, was surprising.

  • @rayyang6694
    @rayyang6694 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an awesome video clip! I struggled on my Cat D as an AFF student after about 8 flights, then I was introduced to the tunnel. It was so much fun and less stressful. I am going to do the same as you do and go back to the sky later on. Thanks again for sharing this progression!

  • @3dpskydive
    @3dpskydive 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    that is awesome! good stuff!

  • @marcaosebba0
    @marcaosebba0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dude, this if fucking awesome! Just started to do the transition from back to belly and then reverse, before going into sitfly. Seein you evolve like this made me really excited!! Thanks for the post and keep uploading!

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! Sometimes it can be really frustrating, but keep at it, and you will get there too.

    • @marcaosebba0
      @marcaosebba0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@itsthefifthletter Hey bro, I'm back! just started flying headdown "alone" (9,5hrs total) and I'm still amazed how fast you progressed!! Now I finally understand what you meant by frustrating.
      How many hours were you training per month?

  • @senna6547
    @senna6547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ifly Loudoun is great! so many good instructors

  • @dansanders888
    @dansanders888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo!

  • @Kai-km1cq
    @Kai-km1cq ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job. I already 5 hrs but still stuck in belly to back transition. My progression so slow 🥲

  • @tam2xtreme
    @tam2xtreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow 10 total hours and you're that good. I was interested in getting into this. Can you say how much lessons are?

  • @brentfosterrr
    @brentfosterrr ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah keep it up! Got a job as an instructor at ifly VB last summer and flying is all I think about now

  • @trucha150374
    @trucha150374 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Job, Mikey is a beast. How many sessions por week or per month ?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I usually did one 15 min session each week.

    • @ES-iv6wb
      @ES-iv6wb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice vid.
      How many hours did it take you to sit fly? To head down?

  • @marck5846
    @marck5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!! How many hours did it take you to get into a stable head down position?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would say I was flying off of the net unassisted after about an hour of flying at lower speeds basically doing a headstand on the net.

    • @marck5846
      @marck5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itsthefifthletter Awesome! And what about total tunnel hours?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marck5846 I would say I had around 10 hours of tunnel time by the end of this video.

    • @yungvoid4596
      @yungvoid4596 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itsthefifthletter Are you an instructor now? Or do you do actual skydiving?

  • @paridemarinelli7222
    @paridemarinelli7222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did these 10/12 hours of wind tunnel affect your body flight in freefall? Do you think it really improves your skills in the air?

    • @chilloff5948
      @chilloff5948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100%. I had 50 jumps with no tunnel time, and thought I was pretty decent at belly flying. The sky is huge with no real reference points, so you don't realize how much you might be drifting one way or the other. You realize all your weaknesses once you try the tunnel. After only 15 minutes, the next jump my buddy and I did was waaaaay better!

  • @kylesessoms9362
    @kylesessoms9362 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many hours would you say you put in at the tunnel during the 1 year?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would say somewhere between 10-12 hours…averaging 15 minutes each week, and taking into account there were some weeks that I couldn’t fly throughout the year.

  • @TheMillionairesMentalist
    @TheMillionairesMentalist ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the move at 4:27 called?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think it has a name…it’s simply an exercise where you stand on one foot and use the other to control the direction and speed of rotation as you spin in place.

  • @brian6140
    @brian6140 ปีที่แล้ว

    A week to go from belly to back?

    • @itsthefifthletter
      @itsthefifthletter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. I had many years of experience as a skydiver jumping from airplanes prior to learning to fly in the tunnel.