How do you go sky diving?

Answer 1

SPLAT Squat

Pray

Leap

Ahhh!

Touchdown The only necessities are air and gravity. The parachute works with them to decelerate your falling speed from around 120mph, or so, to about one foot per second on landing.

Answer 2

The principle behind skydiving is the law of gravity - if you have nothing supporting you, you will fall to the ground at a constantly increasing speed. However, as speed increases, air resistance increases even more. After a few seconds, air resistance will completely support at skydiver's weight and they will stop accelerating. That doesn't mean they have stopped falling; the skydiver will be travelling downwards at a speed of about 120mph.

Skydivers freefall until they need to open their parachutes - between 2000 and 6000 feet above the ground. Higher altitudes are safer as they give the parachutist more time to correct potential problems or carry out emergency procedures.

Answer 3

The best way is to take a skydiving course at your local dropzone. There are several options, but if you are looking just to do a single jump, then a tandem skydiving course is definitely recommended. This is where you are strapped to an experienced instructor and they operate the parachute.

Typically, you will jump from anywhere up to 15000ft and enjoy speeds of up to 120mph. This takes around 50 seconds of freefall before the parachute is opened. A further 3 to 4 minutes of canopy time under the parachute takes you back to the ground.

You can also get your skydive filmed and photos taken by an experienced cameraman.

There are some restrictions to the sport such as age and weight. Many centres will not take anyone over 100kg's and will require a medical form signing once you are over the age of 40.

So the answer is, do an internet search and find your local centre.

Answer 4

Once you have become qualified as a skydiver, there are a series of check which take place before you exit the aircraft:

1. Take the parachute out of the bag and give it a good systems check ensuring handles are in place, velcro has not become too bound, harness is in good order, pin is all the way in, flaps closed.
2. Switch on your automatic activation device and watch it calibrate itself.
3. Manifest on a lift and prepare a dive (dirt diving) with the others you plan to jump with. Talk about safety in the plan.
4. When the 10 minute call is given, do a quick once-over on your rig and then put it on. Ensure the leg straps are tightened evenly, the flap is closed and the chest strap properly put through the buckle.
5. Get a friend or instructor to check you out. At many dropzones, this is compulsory.
6. Board the aircraft, sit down and check your handles.
7. At run-in time (the aircraft has levelled off at the exit altitude and its usually around 2 minutes to the green light), get your friend to quickly check your pin. At this point check your main toggle to ensure it is in the correct position.
8. Jump!

Answer 5

You board a plane with an instructor and fly to however many thousand feet above a designated "Dropzone". You then step out of the plane and freefall for several seconds before pulling the parachute and floating gently back to earth and landing on the Dropzone.

Answer 6

You will need a aircraft of some sort (airplane, hot air balloon, helicopter, blimp, etc), and a parachute if you intend to skydive more than once.

Answer 7

Gravity and elastic force.