AndyMan 7 #1 June 29, 2010 The often wished for contraption has gotten a step closer to reality: MIT gurus produce self-folding fiberglass "paper" airplane and boat. http://gizmodo.com/5575298/watch-self+folding-origami-take-all-the-fun-out-of-miniature-paper-boats Neat! _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyBoyd 0 #2 June 29, 2010 I have 2 self-packing parachutes. I just lay them down in the south hangar and go back in about 20 minutes and they are packed. Seriously, I apprciate the packers' hard work every weekend. And that video is cool, but a little creepy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #3 June 29, 2010 I'm posting here to mention that there's a self-packing parachute in the latest Star Trek movie. Also, to have posts from 3 Andys in a row, as I'm easily amused. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #4 June 29, 2010 I'm easily amused. Not to break the string...but what would REALLY be amusing is self-removing Bra & Panties! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blink 1 #5 June 29, 2010 My middle name is Andy (Andrew), does that count? On a related note, new materials are being developed known as smart materials or shape memory alloys. When heat is applied, or a current is passed through, the object resorts to previous shape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsBHF_j2FJ4 All we need is out canopy wired with a connect, hook it up when we land and through carefully controlled current, the main packs itself, voila. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy0689 0 #6 June 29, 2010 Quote Not to break the string...but what would REALLY be amusing is self-removing Bra & Panties! I have those at home. I never have to touch them myself. She takes them off for me! (Fourth Andy in the thread.)Andy I'll believe it when I see it on YouTube! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bucketlistpilot 1 #7 June 29, 2010 I'm an engineer. Some say I'm 'andy with tools. Ian Purvis http://www.loadupsoftware.com LoadUp DZ Management App admin@loadupsoftware.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #8 June 29, 2010 Quote I have 2 self-packing parachutes. I just lay them down in the south hangar and go back in about 20 minutes and they are packed. Seriously, I apprciate the packers' hard work every weekend. And that video is cool, but a little creepy. Same here. I just put $7 in the main tray and somehow it packs itself in like 10 min.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #9 June 30, 2010 Vskydiver has a self packing parachute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #10 June 30, 2010 Quote My middle name is Andy (Andrew), does that count? It would if Twardo wouldn't have f'd the whole post. I like Andy's thin mints... and the the first 4 letters of my last name are: Ande *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #11 June 30, 2010 Quote Vskydiver has a self packing parachute. So do some of the chicks at my dz.. My ex-girlfriend wanted one, and I said, 'When they make a canopy that feels like a naked woman when you lay on it I'll get you a self packing parachute.' Anyway, I think she probably has one now. *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #12 June 30, 2010 Quote Quote Vskydiver has a self packing parachute. My ex-girlfriend wanted one, and I said, 'When they make a canopy that feels like a naked woman when you lay on it I'll get you a self packing parachute.' And you be sleepin' alone.For years a lot of women watched me pack for her, thinking she was a spoiled B--ch. They never knew she had lupus and just didn't have the strength to anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerolim 7 #13 June 30, 2010 Me and my wife (she is also jumping) were watching Star Trek at movies and during this scene we were not impressed with jump until somebody pressed button for automatic packing - then we said out loud :"Wooow". Others were very confused by our reaction ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #14 July 2, 2010 Had a self packing canopy back inthe 70's It stopped working when the girlfriend left Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimemerson 7 #15 July 2, 2010 Does anyone remember the Parachutist article from around 1991 that was about a parachute packing machine being tested in DeLand? You would place your rig in one end and it would come out the other all packed. I think you could calibrate the machine to give you specific openings. Packers hated it but jumpers loved the time saved. The fact that the article appeared in the April issue, along with a fake cover, took a moment to sink in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
