What is tandem skydive ?

Answer 1

When a person who is inexperienced, skydives with a professional on their back.

Answer 2

Tandem skydiving


Tandem SkydivingTandem skydiving refers to a type of skydiving where a novice skydiver ("student" or "passenger") is connected via a harness to an experienced skydiver ("tandem master" or "tandem instructor"). The instructor controls the whole jump from exit through freefall, piloting the canopy, and landing. The student needs only minimal instruction before making a tandem jump.

Tandem skydiving is a popular training method for first time skydivers, but it is more expensive than a static line skydive. It exposes first-time jumpers to the entire skydiving routine with minimal expectations from the student. Some training programs instruct first-time jumpers on how and when to deploy the main canopy themselves. In these programs, about half of the first-jump students succeed. However, the tandem master remains primarily responsible for safe and timely parachute deployment.


Equipment
Tandem skydiving requires equipment with several differences from normal sport skydiving rigs. All modern tandem skydiving systems use a drogue parachute, which is deployed shortly after leaving the plane in order to slow the freefall speed of two people down to that of a single skydiver. This is necessary for proper parachute deployment, lengthening the duration of the skydive, and allowing the skydivers to fall at the same speed as videographers. Tandem skydiving systems also use larger main parachutes (400 square feet and larger) to support the extra weight of two passengers. The three most common tandem skydiving systems in use are the Strong Dual Hawk, the Relative Workshop Vector Tandem, and the Relative Workshop Sigma Tandem.


Tandem Skydiving
Instructor Certification
Tandem instructors are required to pass an instructor certification course for the system they jump before skydiving with students. The FAA requires each potential instructor to have over five hundred individual skydives and three years of skydiving experience. Individual manufacturers' certification courses usually have additional requirements.

Answer 3

A tandem skydive is when you are skydiving with a tandem master who has a very large parachute. You will be attached to him/ her via a harness. Unlike other forms of skydiving, in a tandem skydive the parachute has to be big enough to hold the weight of two individuals. I highly recommend anybody who wishes to go skydiving to go on a tandem their first time, because that way you are just going "along for the ride" and you do not have to do any of the "work"- pulling your parachute out, landing your parachute, etc. Most likely what will happen is you will experience Sensory Overload and not remember much of the skydive. That's why it is best to do a tandem your first time- so you don't freak out and put your life in danger.

I do want to clear up one misconception- in sport/ fun skydiving, we do NOT use ripcords anymore (only the military does). Check this site out:
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/skydiving2.htm

Answer 4

Tandem Skydiving is the first tandem skydive operation in New Zealand and is currently the largest in the world. Operating daily, year round (weather permitting) since 1992, thay have the capacity to skydive up to 220 tandem students a day.

Answer 5

Harnessed to the front of the instructor, you'll jump together and freefall for 40 seconds or more depending on exit altitude. After opening the parachute, you will receive hands-on instruction on canopy control and landing.
Tandem skydives are designed to introduce almost anybody to the thrills of sport parachuting. Now, due to modern technology you can actually take a ride with an experienced skydiver. Your master will take you freefalling over most stunning views on a parachute built for two. Your training is conducted at a drop zone and takes about 15 minutes. Then it's off to the sky for the ride of a lifetime, freefalling for 5000 feet, followed by the magnificent serenity of flying under a modern squar parachute

Answer 6

Someone is strapped to your back who actually pulls the cord and such. It's a good way to go for a first time.