Skydiving

A conventional round parachute works by slowing rate of descent. The resistance of the air against the bell of the parachute provides an opposing force to the gravity pulling down. Such parachutes have a small opening at the top to let the air out slowly and provide stability. Without the hole the parachute tends to swing from side to side like a pendulum allowing air to escape from the upper edge which makes for a very unhappy person beneath. There is limited control on such a parachute with lines that can open small vents or collapse portions of the parachute.

The wing parachute operates completely differently. Forward motion allows air into slots at the front, blowing up the chute into a wing shape. Normal aerodynamic principles apply where air flows over the curved top surface faster than under the wing reducing pressure above the wing and providing lift. Such parachutes can climb as well as descend. Control lines provide equivalence with normal airplane wing controls such as aerilons but they work by flexing the wing as a bird, rather than moving small sections as on a fixed wing. By adjusting the lift ratios on different edges of the wing, turning, stalling, diving etc are achieved.

The 'best' length for a parachute string depends on what the parachute is for and the rest of the design. If a parachute's strings are too short, the whole parachute could collapse. If the parachute's strings are too long, there may be some wobbling and bungeeing about, more twisting of the strings, etc. Parachutes for heavy things (like spacecraft) tend to have longer strings than parachutes for people, since they're less affected by this instability.

Tandem skydiving people is the term giving when two people skydive strapped together. When people skydive for their first time they must tandem skydive with a professional.

The Skydivers was created on 1963-11-13.

Fnet=Fgravity-Fair resistance

At terminal velocity Force Net = 0

during this time Fgravity = Fair resistance

if you weight is 85kg

Fgravity = Mass x G

= 85x 9.8

= 833N

your at terminal velocity when Air resistance is equal to 833 Newtons

For jumps intentionally make near a body of water, the skydiver is required to have a flotation device in his possession. Otherwise, you climb out of the harness and swim to safety. If that can't be accomplished then the skydiver may likely drown. Or in the case of bodies of water in Kansas, you would simply stand up.

Statistically water is more dangerous than skydiving. Ironically fishing causes more fatalities than skydiving.

Sorry, but no skydiving place is going to let you jump at 11 years old. Most places require you to be 18 years old, but some will let you jump at 16 with parental consent. The only way you would be able to is if your legal guardian (such as a parent) is a qualified skydiving instructor with hundreds of jumps under their belt, would take you themselves and would be completely responsible for what happens.

Keep skydiving as a goal, and look into it when you turn 16.

The first thing to consider when thinking of sky diving is the safety of the company providing the sky diving. Extensive research should be done on any sky diving company before actually sky diving.

A skydiver is not in freefall when they have opened their parachute. The move from free-fall to controlled decent under a wing.

To calculate this, you divide the change in velocity, by the time.

It is the sport of parachuting, also known as skydiving.

That depends on what type of parachuting you are talking about? If it is skydiving, in the UK, the age is 16 (with parental consent). Skydiving is where you jump out of a plane with a packed parachute on your back. After a freefall delay of around 1 minutes, the parachute is then opened (deployed) and it takes approximately 4 minutes to glide back to the ground.

You can have options of doing your first jump harnessed to an experienced instructor with a tandem jump or on your own with 2 Accelerated Freefall instructors. The 2nd route is the one to qualification and the 1st one is great for a one-off jump.

Most typical jumps are from about 10,000ft.

At most Drop Zones you must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid picture ID. Parents cannot sign for jumpers under 18 years of age under any circumstances. Yet there are still some Drop Zones outside of the U.S. that will allow jumpers who are at least 16, only with the permission of a parent. Check out Skydive Twin Cities.

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You can jump at 16 with parental consent. Without consent you must be 18.

In the UK, skydivers must be at least 16, but all skydivers under 18 must have parental consent.

Yes you can

An oxygen mask being essential for skydiving is a myth. Just don't bring one; it's a waste of money. jm143am says: For someone jumping at 14k feet or below - a mask isn't needed...anything over 14k feet the air is thinner and thus more difficult to breathe....most people won't jump their intro jumps from this height unless requested to do so...and they'll probably provide you with a mask...18k feet or something of that nature its a must to have one...don't want to be passing out after jumping out of a plane ;)

The first parachute jump took place in 1797, but Skydiving didn't become a National sport until 1953

cause it is an enjoyable ride its almost lyk ur flying ALMOST

With Parental Consent forms signed, you can start skydiving from the age of 16, or 18 without (self-signing). If you want to learn to skydive and get qualified, take a AFF course. If you want to do a no-stress one-off jump, do a tandem skydive.

The length of a free fall when skydiving varies depending on a few different factors. Body size, shape, and the initial height of exit from the airplane come into play when determining free fall time. The average free fall on a tandem is about 60 seconds.

You breathe just as normally during freefall than you do on the ground. Some jumpers, on their first jump, gasp when they jump, then forget that their lungs are full of air, so they experience a breathless feeling. Once they relax a little, they exhale, and find that they can indeed breathe normally.

airborne units deploy by parachute. during WW2 ther were four main airborne units in the U.S. 101st airborne division, 82d airborne division, 11th airborne division and 17th airborne division. there were other smaller airborne units. at present time (I think) only one airborne division is still on jump status, the 82d airborne division. during WW2 airborne units operated in Europe and the Pacific.....there were a number of combat jumps initiated by those airborne elements during WW2, Korea and, I believe, Viet nam and Grenada

When her parachute opens, the air resistance increases. Now there is a resultant force going upwards on the parachute.

The increase in air resistance occurs because when the parachute is opened there is a much larger surface area (than before) so the particles of air are much more likely to get 'caught up' in the parachute unable to pass easily, therefore creating more air resistance (an upwards force) and so slowing down the parachutist.

NOTE: The parachutist does NOT move upwards after the parachute has opened, they just slow down. This effect comes from when a parachutist with a camera is filming opposite, they are still falling rapidly while the other person's parachute has opened, therefore passing them as they continue to freefall, and so the parachutist opposite appears to move upwards after opening the parachute.