Does a parachute go up when opened?

Answer 1

Ripcords are no longer used. Instead, parachutists would jerk out a little object known as a pilot chute and throw it into the air. That jerk releases the safety catch and opens up the parachute.

Answer 2

No. A parachute is falling when it opens. It simply falls less quickly.

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If you are asking this because you think you have seen it happen on TV, the illusion of the parachute going up when opened is because whilst diving without 'chutes, the cameraman and the other skydiver are falling at the same speed, but when the guy in the frame opens the chute he falls at a slower speed than the camera man. So the camera man falling faster gets further down than the other guy. Thus creating the illusion.

Answer 3

When a parachute opens the air hits the top of the inside which slows it down and gives it balance.this is called upthrust. That's the force that acts in an opposite direction. If you were to screw up a piece of paper it would fall faster than an unscrewed up piece of paper.TRY IT!.anyway the point is the more the opposite acting force hits the top the more slowly the parachute grows more slowly.

The first thing that happens is that the skydiver pulls out the pilot chute, a small round "parachute" with a handle at the top and throws it into the slipstream. This is attached by a bridle to a pin that keeps the main parachute secured in the bottom of the container. This allows the flaps of the container to open and the pilot chute then pulls out the "D" bag or deployment bag which has the main parachute duly packed and stowed within the D bag. The lines that attach the fabric of the canopy (parachute) to the risers, ( four reinforced bands that attach the canopy via the lines to the shoulder part of the container) The risers consist of the front risers which are to the front of the skydiver and the front (nose) of the canopy, and the rear risers which are attached to the back part of the canopy.

The lines are attached to to outside of the D bag and are stowed in an "S" fashion and secured by rubber bands so that they unravel in an orderly fashion before any fabric of the canopy sees the light of day.

The last two stows are "locking stows" and when the lines pull out here, it allows the flap on the D bag to open and the packed parachute to pull free of the D bag.

The pilot chute pulls the canopy completely free of the D bag and air begins to enter the front of the canopy into the blind cells which pressurises these blind cells which are closed at the back ot the canopy.

Looking up at this stage, you see the canopy flutter and undulate in the air.

There is a square piece of fabric with four holes with round metal grommets in the corners that separate the lines into front and back and left and right aptly named a slider as it slides from the canopy fabric where it has been placed on packing down to the risers. The purpose of this is to prevent the canopy from opening too quickly and producing a "hard opening".

Think of the canopy as a brake, we know what happens when you slam the brakes on. In fact there are techniques we can use to slow the opening down during packing and there are various packing techniques that may be employed.

The skydiver may now check to ensure that the canopy has deployed as it should and pulls down on the steering toggles to release the canopy that has been packed with the brake lines (steering lines) set on half brakes, and is now able to steer the canopy back to the landing area.

Answer 4

The skydiver uses the pilot chute to initiate the opening sequence. The pilot chute is in a pocket located on the bottom of the container . To open , the skydiver pulls the PC out of the pocket and lets go of it. The pilot chute is grabbed by the passing air and inflates. It pulls out the 2 metre flat rope called the bridle. As the bridle is coming out of the container, it pulls "closing pin", on the container. This pin holds the main parachute ( inside its " D bag " ) inside the container. Pulling the pin opens the container. The bridle continues to pull the " D bag "out of the container. One end of the bridle connects to the pilot chute. At the other end is a bag called the deployment bag, or bag. When you pack the parachute, you put it into the bag, and then the bag goes into the container. The bridle pulls the bag out of the container.

Answer 5

No, you do not go up. It is the negative acceleration towards the earth that gives you the feeling of going up when you are actually falling a lot more slowly than during freefall.

Answer 6

Before you hit the ground