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Friction effects the parachute's descent because the cloth of the parachute rubs together with the air, creating drag

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Q: How does friction affect the descent of a parachute?
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How does friction influence the descent of a parachute?

The cloth surface area and the air rubs together causing friction or drag which slows the parachute down.


How will friction affect a parachute?

How fast it flies down


How does friction affect a parachute?

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What doesn't affect rate of descent for a parachute?

Parachutes are interesting aircraft. The major retarding force of classical round parachutes is drag. Weight and drag determine their rate-of-descent. But air spills out of them because they oscillate, too. Since the 1960's parachutes have been designed that acheive lift from their forward motion.


How does a parachute fly?

A parachute floats by "catching" the air to slow descent.


How do you use the word descent in a sentence?

I am from a German descent. His descent by parachute took only about three minutes.


How do you make a slow parachute?

the circular parachute 134.88m/s its average descent followed by a parallelogram one


What does the friction of air do to parachute jumper or a pendulum?

It makes the parachute, jumper,and a pendulum to decrease speed.


What causes a parachute jumper to slow down?

A parachute is slowed down by air resistance.


Why does a parachute keep you in the air?

It does not 'keep you in the air' a parachute slows down your rate of descent by traping air under the canopy.


Would a parachute work on a lander to earths moon?

A parachute requires the drag of the atmosphere to slow the descent. As there is no atmosphere on the Moon, a parachute would be as useful as a chocolate diaper (nappy).


How s friction useful in parachuting?

It keeps the parachute slow.