What will 300 grocery bags jumped out of a balloon do?

[rdufokker 6]

I should have the answer this Friday late afternoon. Hey Bill Booth, this should settle a debate we had at your house in 1980.

Burke Schnedl

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[LongWayToFall 0]

Paper or plastic?

[Amazon 7]

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I should have the answer this Friday late afternoon. Hey Bill Booth, this should settle a debate we had at your house in 1980.

Burke Schnedl

Hmmm

Littering Ticket??

[LongWayToFall 0]

Littering and...Littering and...Littering and...

[Psychonaut 0]

..smoking the reefer.

Stay high pull low

[kuai43 7]

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I should have the answer this Friday late afternoon.

Burke Schnedl

Anyone else want to chip in to pay for the video slot?

Don't forget to flare.

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[jonstark 8]

Those handles have solved the line attachment problem. Wonder how fast they'll open?!?! You doing a roll-over or a tard? Using kite string? Can't wait to see the video!

jon

[rdufokker 6]

Using FF thread, 4 into 1 line down to cutaway risers. Using a large canopy free bag tied to balloon. As far as littering, I have several vehicles to follow the bags when I cut away to retrieve them.

Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

[GoofyJump 0]

I think they will all burst, not even strength in each individual bag.

Tagging as I really want to see the video!

[happythoughts 0]

A similar instance has to do with hair. I saw a woman
at the circus swinging while suspended by her hair.

Opinions vary, but a single human hair will hold 50-100g.

So, total weight of person / 60 would give the number of hairs that would suspend them.

With plastics bags, the failure rate due to tears would
be a factor. The weight would not be evenly distributed,
but instead, it would focus on the attachment points.

Also, the weight of the lines would be important.

A 150 lb person being supported by 300 bags would
only need 1/2 lb per bag (before considering line weight and percent of bag failures).

So figure that each bag should support 1 lb.

Really interesting.
discount gear

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The hijacker demanded the passengers to place their valuables in a bag before he commanded the pilot to descend and depressurize the aircraft so that he could escape by a homemade parachute made of nylon with a curtain sash for a ripcord. Before he was about to jump, he panicked and clung to the rear door, and a male flight attendant pushed him out of the plane.

The hijacker was wearing a ski mask and swimming goggles when he jumped...

[chutem 0]

I make single grocery bag parachutes for my kid to play with. One standard plastic grocery bag works pretty well for a single little plastic soldier (you remember the little green plastic "army men" about 2.5" tall from when you were a kid). The little plastic guys weigh almost nothing.

I'm thinking the decent rate will be fast even at 1/2lb per bag suspended weight.

James

[jdathome 0]

Sounds like a question for Monte Python?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFXG3r_0B8

Sorry, 1st thing that came to mind while reading the replies to the OP. LOL

[heavydude 0]

Cool ! I cant wait to see this. Really if I wanted to be slick I could model this in Solidworks and do a mechanical simulation; al you have to do is model 1 bag and repeat. Sounds like a fun engineering problem.
Are you using kevlar fishing string ? assuming multiple branches.High performance kite string is also strong, thats fairly cheap.

[rdufokker 6]

So I need 300 African Swallows?

@Heavydud...I'm using double F thread, it has a 22lb break strength. Tied 5' line to each handle. Two bags(4 lines) tied to one 12' line. This equals 75 lines to each riser side.

I just hope the weather cooperates for Friday afternoon.

BS

Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

[headoverheels 333]

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Paper or plastic?

Hmmm, in 1980 they were predominantly paper -- I hope it doesn't rain.

[happythoughts 0]

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So I need 300 African Swallows?

Depends on if you are going for the pond.

Swoopers definitely use European Swallows.

[petejones45 0]

Ten bucks says your cars won't get all the bag carnage

Look out for the freefly team, Smelly Peppers. Once we get a couple years more experience we will be a force to be reckoned with in the near future! BLUES!

[rdufokker 6]

The discussion with Booth was actually about small garbage bags, I decided on grocery bags as they were smaller and had easier handles to tie.

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[Nutz 0]

I hope the weather cooperates Friday too. I want to see the video!

"Don't! Get! Eliminated!"

[chutem 0]

Another option.

http://meltingclocktimes.com/turkeyparachuting.htm

James

[Hvance 0]

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Another option.

http://meltingclocktimes.com/turkeyparachuting.htm

James

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

[yoink 321]

Wouldn't some of the heavy duty garbage bags be a better option? Particularly as they'd have reinforcement in the drawstrings that would help your attachment points.

[Anvilbrother 0]

Clearly you have never used a drawstring garbage bag....when you pull the string the bag.....closes not so good for a parachute

Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along,

[theonlyski 8]

AND... they would have to say 300 garbage bags, defeating the purpose of trying to figure out what 300 grocery bags will do.

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[normiss 851]

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