Times and sec/ft

[Hartman]

Anyone tried a spherical parachute?

Also, does more strings give better stability?

[Hartman]

Repeat comment, sorry

[donutsandcupcakes]

Anyone tried a spherical parachute?

Also, does more strings give better stability?

What do you mean spherical? Like a circle shape?

[Godspeed]

What are your highest times? Our highest time is 1 minute, but there was HVAC on at the time. This was a 35-foot ceiling.

[Mr.McK]

What are your highest times? Our highest time is 1 minute, but there was HVAC on at the time. This was a 35-foot ceiling.

Wow! impressive. Of course I wouldn't expect you to give away any trade secrets here, but was that just a standard circular plastic parachute catching a lucky updraft? A lot of teams (including ours) are struggling to break the 1 sec/ft barrier.

[Airco2020]

Anyone tried a spherical parachute?

Also, does more strings give better stability?

What do you mean spherical? Like a circle shape?

I think spherical means having a shape other than flat, like a dome.

I've made two but neither worked. The problem is that I can't figure out how to put the pieces together without adding a lot of weight with tape or glue.

[Godspeed]

What are your highest times? Our highest time is 1 minute, but there was HVAC on at the time. This was a 35-foot ceiling.

Wow! impressive. Of course I wouldn't expect you to give away any trade secrets here, but was that just a standard circular plastic parachute catching a lucky updraft? A lot of teams (including ours) are struggling to break the 1 sec/ft barrier.

Yeah, it was a very lucky updraft. The parachute started rising towards the ceiling, then dropping.

[Airco2020]

What are your highest times? Our highest time is 1 minute, but there was HVAC on at the time. This was a 35-foot ceiling.

Wow! impressive. Of course I wouldn't expect you to give away any trade secrets here, but was that just a standard circular plastic parachute catching a lucky updraft? A lot of teams (including ours) are struggling to break the 1 sec/ft barrier.

Yeah, it was a very lucky updraft. The parachute started rising towards the ceiling, then dropping.

I want to put little fans on my shoes and just walk under my chute!!

[builderguy135]

Top time at soup was about 28 seconds I heard. 33 ft of useable space (rafters at 20 ft but didn't affect flights that much)

[CookiePie1]

Top time at soup was about 28 seconds I heard. 33 ft of useable space (rafters at 20 ft but didn't affect flights that much)

dang the top time was only 28 seconds??? our time was ~23 seconds and we got 6th, so im surprised that there wasn't more of a margin.