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That depends on what orientation the skydiver is in. The most stable position is belly to earth or flat and this typically has a speed of around 120mph. Another position is headup (seated arm-chair) or headdown position and this increases the speed to around 150mph.
At the end of the spectrum is the speed skydiver who can reach speeds over 300mph by streamlining their body and wearing slick shiny clothing. Equally at the slowest end is the wingsuit skydiver who achieves lift by a series of fabric wings between the arms and legs. They can slow their decent down to 30 or 40 mph, but this is counteracted by a high forwards speed.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoA static line shoot takes 5 seconds to deploy and a free fall from 11 000 feet can take 30 seconds before it is necessary to pull the shoot
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Why do sharks swim with their mouth open?
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How do parachutes work?
The skydiver pulls out a pilot chute and releases it . The pilot chute then inflates and pulls the main canopy out of the pack, allowing it to open. This is how a sports skydiver opens his main parachute. Reserve parachutes are kept closed by a small pin holding a loop closed, and pulling a ripcord connected to this pin starts the deployment process. A spring loaded pilot chute is released, which inflates and pulls out the reserve parachute in a way similar to the main chute. This system is more reliable than the process used to pack the main parachute, but it is less convenient, and takes much longer to pack.
Why must skydiver open their hands when skydiving?
Having ones arms apart improves stability in freefall. A skydiver usually adopts a stable spread body position.
When a parachute falls what is compressed?
When a parachute opens and falls, air beneath it is compressed in the canopy. The compressed air holds the chute open, and the open chute presents a large cross sectional area to the air in the direction it is moving (which is down). The large cross section of the open chute means that as it moves through the air, the whole area of the open chute will present a "front" to the air, and it will make it difficult for the air to move out and up past the chute (or make it difficult for the chute to move down through the air, whichever you prefer). The net result is that the chute and its load (a person, a cargo pack, or whatever) won't be able to move nearly as quickly through the air as the load alone without the chute for drag.If you wish to think through the problem and investigate further, you'll discover that the pressure in the chute is highest at the top in the middle. If a jumper opens his chute and a panel or two is blown out in some kind of failure, the jumper will have to make a decision about whether to cut away and open a reserve, open a reserve without cutting the primary chute away (and risking a tangle), or just riding the primary chute in with the blown panels. If the panels that have failed are in the sides of the chute, the incident is not as serious as if the panels that blew out are in the top. As the top is the higher pressure area of the chute, a blown panel is much more serious there as air at higher pressure is escaping through the chute (rather than out from under it and around it), and this will provide less "slowing" for the load on the chute. Again, think it through and consider what air is doing as the chute moves down through it and you'll be able to puzzle it out.
What happens to a skydiver before they open their parachute?
They jump out of the plane and accelerate to terminal velocity.
How does an open parachute increase the air resistance of a falling skydiver?
by increasing surface area
How does a open parachute increase the air resistance of a falling skydiver?
by increasing surface area
What does a skydiver hope to see above him just after the ripcord is pulled?
When he or she wants the parachute to open
How do you open a parachute?
parachute is opened to provide air which manages the slow chute
Can you give a sentence with the words shoot and chute?
When you went down the water chute, I didn't expect you to shoot out the bottom so quickly.When you shoot a bazooka, just make sure the chute is facing the right way!Paratroopers remember, you can shoot your gun whilst freefalling, but it gets much easier after you open your chute.
What height do skydiver falling from 13000ft open his parachute?
After waving a lot to the cameras it was time to open the parachute and float down the remaining 5000 ft. Andre opened the chute and manouvered it around a lot to show me the view. He even gave me the controls of the parachute for a while. We landed after 5-6 minutes of parachuting down.http://babayaga.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/free-falling-at-13-000-feet.htm
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its either the triangle button or the R1 button
How many seconds should you search ahead of the vehicle for a open path of travel?
20 seconds, or as far as you can see down the road.
