AT least till you pull the chute. Look up Joe kittenger. IN Aug of 1960 he stepped out of a balloon at around 100,000 ft. and free fell for about 41/2 minutes almost 20 miles. He was 34 at the time and probably still holds the record.
They have parachutes so they could fly
fly parachutes
Terminal velocity. When the parachutes cannot fall any faster.
The reason parachutes were designed was so that people could fall at any height and not get hurt at all.
people on steds
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The surface area, mass and the shape of the parachute affect the time of fall of the parachutes. Also the height, where the parachute have been dropped from. ( There are more factors that this).
the drag causing air to pull on the parachute keeping it gently floating
no
Prim and many other kids are taken to the capitol and parachutes fly down on top of them. They all think it is a gift, but it was Gale and Beetee's bomb idea. The parachutes were bombs and they killed Prim.
in skydiving, it is when jumpers turn and "fly" away from each other to open their parachutes.
If you mean by wings slowing its fall. Yes they do the impact is less.