USPA Category C questions with verified answers
Describe the equipment pre-flight strategy to use before putting on your gear.
Ans✓✓✓ Top to bottom, back to front.
How do higher wind speeds affect the planned landing pattern as compared to
the pattern plan for a calm day? Ans✓✓✓ Shortens final and base leg, lengthens
the downwind leg, and places the planned pattern entry point further upwind
How do you know if a reserve parachute has been packed by an FAA rigger with in
the last 180 days? Ans✓✓✓ Info is found on the reserve packing data card.
How do you know the reserve container has not been opened since the FAA
rigger last closed it? Ans✓✓✓ Rigger's packing seal on the reserve ripcord.
How does the 3-ring main canopy release system disconnect the main parachute
from the harness? Ans✓✓✓ Pulls cable to release the cloth loop.
If the surface winds are blowing from the west to east, which direction will you
face to fly the downwind leg of the landing pattern? Ans✓✓✓ East, downwind.
In flat and stable free-fall at terminal velocity, how long does it take and average
jumper to fall 1000 feet? Ans✓✓✓ 5.5 seconds
In moderately strong winds, how far downwind of an obstacle would you expect
to find turbulence? Ans✓✓✓ 10 to 20 times the height of an obstacle
Describe the equipment pre-flight strategy to use before putting on your gear.
Ans✓✓✓ Top to bottom, back to front.
How do higher wind speeds affect the planned landing pattern as compared to
the pattern plan for a calm day? Ans✓✓✓ Shortens final and base leg, lengthens
the downwind leg, and places the planned pattern entry point further upwind
How do you know if a reserve parachute has been packed by an FAA rigger with in
the last 180 days? Ans✓✓✓ Info is found on the reserve packing data card.
How do you know the reserve container has not been opened since the FAA
rigger last closed it? Ans✓✓✓ Rigger's packing seal on the reserve ripcord.
How does the 3-ring main canopy release system disconnect the main parachute
from the harness? Ans✓✓✓ Pulls cable to release the cloth loop.
If the surface winds are blowing from the west to east, which direction will you
face to fly the downwind leg of the landing pattern? Ans✓✓✓ East, downwind.
In flat and stable free-fall at terminal velocity, how long does it take and average
jumper to fall 1000 feet? Ans✓✓✓ 5.5 seconds
In moderately strong winds, how far downwind of an obstacle would you expect
to find turbulence? Ans✓✓✓ 10 to 20 times the height of an obstacle
