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Dynamic · Group · The brief

Dynamic 302

Fly movement into vertical

Arriving on a line and turning it vertical.

What this unit covers

This unit is a movement jump into vertical. The group starts the jump moving, transitions to vertical (head-up or head-down), builds a round, then an accordion.
It is the harder direction of the two component parts for anyone without solid vertical skills, and the one that leans hardest on vertical skill: the jump tests being in slot and tight in the angle as it steepens toward vertical, carrying near-vertical speed and pitch on the way in, and then in the vertical position itself.
The rest of it
FFP-DY301 trains the opposite direction (vertical into movement), and FFP-DY303 links the two into the pass-through.
For extra difficulty the group concludes the jump by moving again: grips break and the group follows the leader back onto a line under the FFP-DY301 slot-to-orientation assignment, ending the jump on an angle.
Whether to fly that closing segment is the coach's call, resting on the group's tightness through the vertical build. That closing departure is the manoeuvre APF006 cautions against, a radical level change on a vertical jump, with the transition to belly its named example (§3.3).
The simultaneous grip-release key and the assigned orientations are the control: every flyer changes level at the same moment, in a briefed direction, into airspace they have just cleared.
A flyer who misses the key does not chase the departing line: hold orientation, let the group depart, and follow from below. The abort geometry. The group goes vertical only from a tight angle.
When the group is not in slot and tight as the line steepens, the leader shallows the line back out and the jump stays an angle, the same pull-out-the-way-you-came-in geometry the 200 tier is built on.
A loose group steepening toward vertical sets up the low-flyer and closing-speed hazards the track's discipline exists to prevent. Leadership. The leader is on belly whenever the group is moving: the belly leader reads the ground and the line directly and owns navigation and the opening point.
This jump steepens into vertical and stops there rather than passing through, so the moving segments carry a single belly leader, with the vertical build keyed as a formation. The full through-vertical leadership doctrine, two approved leaders and the belly-led handover, lives in FFP-DY303 and FFP-DY304.
Fly dynamic small: start at 2-way, build to 3-way, then 4-way, group sizes 2–4 are the guide for this unit. Anything over 6 is highly advanced and best avoided; that scale belongs to dedicated competition-style teams working up incrementally, not a weekend load.
Mastery-track note: the Dynamic track carries no sign-off, completion of this unit is a milestone, not a permission, and its prerequisites are course-internal safety standards. Environment: sky, with tunnel drills (angle-to-vertical transition mechanics, vertical formation craft) as preparation.
Exits, navigation, group flow and breakoff are sky-only skills. Supervision: the coach leads. The candidate flies the line slot through the steepening and the vertical build; the closing movement segment joins the jump when the coach judges the group ready.

What comes before it

Screen 2 · What to watch

What to watch

The same short list the flyer sees on their card, in the same words.

3.2
Hold the briefed slot and level, tight to the formation, as the leader steepens the line toward vertical, matching the leader's speed and pitch (entering the leader's zone, no line busts).

Can you hold slot and level, tight to the formation, as the leader steepens the line toward vertical?

3.4
Transition to vertical (head-up or head-down) on the briefed key, holding slot and level through the transition.

Can you transition to vertical on the briefed key while holding slot and level?

3.5 Safety critical
Hold the angle slot when late on the transition key, transitioning only once the flyer ahead is vertical and own airspace is clear, never while closing on the group.

If you are late on the key, do you hold the angle slot and transition only once the flyer ahead is vertical and your airspace is clear?

Screen 3 · What blocks a sign-off

What blocks a sign-off

A safety-critical criterion marked not yet stops the sign-off, however good the rest of the flying was. There is no averaging across this line, and no trading a good jump against it.

Safety-critical criteria on the short list

3.5
Hold the angle slot when late on the transition key, transitioning only once the flyer ahead is vertical and own airspace is clear, never while closing on the group.

If you are late on the key, do you hold the angle slot and transition only once the flyer ahead is vertical and your airspace is clear?

Everything this unit says about breakoff and deployment

1.6
State the breakoff and deployment altitudes (guides: 5,000 ft up to a 4-way, 5,500 ft for five or more; where the jump is flown head-up the floor rises, head-up groups 5,500 ft minimum; breakoff at least 1,000 ft above the highest planned deployment), the fan-out plan, and the lost-leader protocol.
4.1
Initiate breakoff at the briefed altitude (within −0/+300 ft).
4.4
Deploy at the planned altitude after clearing airspace.

Recording a sign-off says what you saw on one jump. It is not a rating, it is not a permission to jump, and it does not replace anything the drop zone requires.

Screen 4 · Conditions

Conditions

Where the evidence is allowed to come from, and how much of it there needs to be.

Assessment conditions

Sky jumps from a recommended 12,000 ft minimum (guide, the moving segment and the vertical build both need working time). Assessment jumps are flown as a real group within the 2–4-way guide: a qualified leader plus at least one other flyer, completing the full sequence from moving exit to accordion.
Where the coach briefs the closing movement segment, it is assessed as an extension: competence in the core sequence stands on its own. Video of assessment jumps is required for a valid assessment (outside camera or leader-flown; candidate identifiable).
Required equipment: visual altimeter, functioning audible (second audible recommended), AAD recommended, freefly-suitable gear. The group declares the flight path to the load and manifest, and conditions stay within all participants' cleared limits.
Assessor: a freefly coach current in dynamic/movement coaching, using the published FFP-DY302 checklist (Satisfactory / Not Yet Satisfactory per criterion).

Performance evidence

Ability evidenced across a guide of 8 coached jumps (2-way building to 4-way). The number is a guide to how long it might take, not a quota; competence against the criteria is the standard. The evidence should include:
At least 4 jumps completing the full sequence, moving exit, steepening, transition to vertical, round, accordion.
Jumps flown in the orientation of the group vertical competence held (head-up or head-down); a flyer holding both standards may evidence either or both.
The closing movement segment flown on at least one jump where the coach judges the group ready, an extra-difficulty variant at the coach's call, and an extension rather than a core requirement.
Two consecutive jumps meeting all criteria without coach assistance or prompts.
At least two different days/conditions.
All within a recommended 6-month currency window. Tunnel time may substitute for angle-to-vertical transition mechanics and vertical-formation-craft development reps, but never for exits, navigation, group flow or breakoff, whole-task integration jumps precede assessment.

Screen 5 · Debrief

Debrief

Safety first, then fun, then learning. In that order, every time.

Coaching priorities

Deliver in the project's priority order: Safety → Fun → Learning (curriculum Part A0). Safety criteria are non-compensable.
The coach designs the session to be enjoyable: one declared objective per jump, with tempo matched to the group, and the closing movement segment offered as the reward step once the core sequence is tight. End each debrief on a win with one improvement focus.

One fault, one correction

Ask for their read before you give yours. Then leave them with one fault and one correction, in their words if you can get them. Six points is six points forgotten by the next load.

A jump marked not yet is a jump to re-fly, not a failure, and saying so out loud is part of the debrief.

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This card is a summary. The full Dynamic 302 unit carries the reasoning, the sources and everything left off here. All briefing cards.