Question

How do parachutes work?

Answer 1

With parachutes, it's the slowing-down effect that we want. If you fall from a plane without a parachute, your relatively compact body zooms through the air like a stone; open yourparachute and you create more air resistance, drifting to the ground more slowly and safely—much more like a feather.

Answer 2

A parachute works on a simple technique that helps break the fall by acting against the tug of gravity. In all simplicity explained, a parachute employs opposition energy to safely bring objects and people down towards the ground. To better understand the logic behind the parachute imagine yourself cycling against a strong gust of wind with a huge board. The board is sure to keep pushing you back making it difficult to surge ahead. The principle of a parachute is similar, the large surface area provides resistance thus allowing an object to glide rather than have a free fall to the ground.

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