when u pull a parachute do u shoot back upwards?

Answer 1

no it only looks like it because the other guy who is filming it, keeps going down

Answer 2

no, you simple stop falling at 16 miles per second, and slow down. the decelleration feels like you are being pulled upwards, but you are still falling, just a lot slower.

At a skydiver's designated deployment-altitude; the individual throws the pilotchute from a pocket at the bottom of the rig (the backpack-like container holding both parachutes a.k.a., canopies). This is known as a bottom of container (B.O.C.) deployment system. This small parachute is connected to the main parachute by a cord known as the "bridle" which feeds through a grommet on a small black bag which has the carefully folded parachute inside and the lines stowed through rubber bands across the top.

Attached to the bridle is a curved pin which is inserted through the closing loop after it has been fed through each of these grommets. When the pilotchute is thrown out, it catches the wind and pulls the pin out of the closing loop, releasing the black bag off the back of the individual (who is in the stable belly-towards-earth arched position). The parachute lines are pulled loose from rubber bands, through which they were stored during packing, and extend as the canopy starts to open. To reduce the risk of injury, A rectangular piece of fabric called the "slider" (which separates the parachute lines into four main groups fed through grommets in the four respective corners of the slider) slows the opening of the parachute and works its way down until the canopy is fully open and the slider is just above the head of the skydiver.

During a normal deployment, a skydiver will generally experience a few seconds of intense decelleration, in the realm of 3 to 4 negitive G's, while the parachute slows the descent from 120 mph to approximately 12 mph.

Answer 3

No, you don't go backwards, it just seems that way to other parachutists. You simply slow down rapidly.

Picture it as two cars drag racing down a straight road. They get to top speed and are equal. One car slams on the brakes. If you were in the car that slowed down, you'd see the other car shoot off into the distance, if you're in the car that doesn't slow down, the other car looks like it's going backwards.

Thing is, in reality, your eyes reference the movement with nearby objects, such as trees, so the car example isn't perfect. When skydiving, there are no nearby fixed references, so that's why it gives the illusion of people going upwards when deploying parachutes.

Answer 4

No you don't shoot back upwards, you just feel a floating sensation. That is with a standard Army parachute.

Answer 5

No you don't not unless you can defy gravity - you have obviously seen someone being filmed while jumping - the photographer carries on falling before he pulls his parachute

Answer 6

No you continue to fall downwards, but your rate of fall slows dramatically so it feels as if your are shooting upwards, but you are just decelerating rapidly.

Answer 7

No you just slow. The reason it appears to pull you back is the camera man is still falling.

Answer 8

No. You just decelerate rapidly. The reason it looks like jumpers shoot up is because the cameraman is still falling.

Answer 9

No, you just slow down very rapidly. If someone is with you when you pull your 'chute it will look to them as though you've shot back up, but to you it will look like they've just suddenly disappeared, but beleive me, you do NOT go up.

Answer 10

no you just slow down very rapidly -when you see it on tv it looks like you go up, but that's just in relation to the camera, which carries on travelling at the same speed.

Answer 11

no it looks like you do but you carry on falling slower on tv you you have the camera man falling at same speed then one pulls his shute and the camera man falls at same speed the one who pulls his shutelooks like hes gone up but is just falling slower