Is it a bad idea to close your eyes while you try to start flying?

I experimented with this a little bit in a lucid dream I had last night, and I wonder what you think about it.
I always find it almost impossible to fly just by jumping straight off the ground, so I usually find a ledge or the roof of a house or something, then I jump and immediately close my eyes when I am in the air.
I have noticed that this usually makes me stay in the air, since I cannot see anything and kind of lose track of space.
Then I open my eyes again and usually this makes me stay in the air.
The problem is that I seem to awaken a few seconds after opening my eyes - I will have this short moment when I smile to myself and fly, then 2-3 seconds later everything starts to fade very quickly and I wake up.

When I close my eyes in an LD I seem to awaken quickly, too, so I avoid doing it. Funnily enough, I find flying no problem, but other things like telekinesis I find almost impossible.

your in low level sleep and therefore in better control. I find flying To be a force of will,, pretend you are on a ladder if it helps.

Yes!

Closing and re-opening my eyes seems to do that - it's a good way to wake up if you're having a nightmare. Although, I think intense focus/visualizing the dream scenario can help stop the dream from ending early. You could try spinning, too. :)

Like you, I also find that jumping has me hanging in air rather than falling. Weird :)

As to flying, it might help to focus on the place you want to fly to, more so than the act itself. :) Works for me, anyways. Goood luck! <3

I think this may have alot to do with your schema and expectations towards closing your eyes. I too used to have problems with flying when I first started out Lucid Dreaming. However, I stopped those flying problems when I did exactly what you did. I would jump into the air from the ground, close me eyes, and feel myself starting to fly. It would always work. I never woke up when I re-opened my eyes. That possibility came to mind, but because I didn't put much of any focus on it at all, I never had a problem with closing and opening my eyes. All you have to do is keep your focus on the dreamworld.