High-speed landings with competition canopies. The most technical (and riskiest) post-license discipline.
Full-speed canopy work. Approach rotations (90°, 270°, 450°) extract kinetic energy to trace precise corridors — distance, speed, accuracy, freestyle. FAI competition uses 75-90 sqft elliptical canopies at high wing loadings. Highest risk profile among civilian disciplines: produces fatalities every year even among experienced athletes.
Canopy piloting is not compatible with 'weekend passion jumping'. Requires high jump volume (300+/year), dedicated coaching, and financial bandwidth for canopy progression. In Italy the community is small and concentrated on Reggio and Thiene.
ENAC and USPA impose official progressions: B-license for basic canopy course, C-license + advanced canopy course for intro swoop, D-license for competition. Wing loadings >1.7 only after 500+ documented jumps.
Crossbraced elliptical canopies (Peregrine, Petra, Leia, Valkyrie) at 2.0-3.0 wing loading. RSL typically disconnected in competition. Minimum 1,500 m deployment for recovery margin.
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