1. Car with Parachute Workshop 1 : Make a canopy of any shape
Materials : a plastic bag , string
Tools : adhesive tape , scissors
Drop your car model attached to the canopy from the second floor.
Record the time to reach the ground floor.
Where does it land ? How many meters away ?

2. Conclusions : What factors to make a good parachute ? Big canopy
Long line
Many lines
Light
Shape of canopy
Drop in vertical ?! Wind problem

3. Workshop 2 :
Search the internet for photos of parachute of different designs such as rectangular , sphere , multiple canopies…

4. Internet references Workshop 2 :

5. Parachute Workshop 2 : Pilot chute apex canopy Suspension line skirt
Steering line

6. Workshop 2 :
Fall in vertical or in curve ?
WHY ?

7. Car with Parachute Workshop 3 : Repeat workshop 1
Rope or string - length & how many ?
Plastic sheet – shape & size ?
How long to reach ground ?
Fall in vertical or in curve ?
small canopy , short rope ?
Big canopy , long rope ?
Big canopy , short rope ?

8. Plastic sheet , adhesive tape
Different shapes of parachute
Plastic sheet , adhesive tape

9. Make a 8-sided polygon with one cut
Workshop 3 :
References :
Make a 8-sided polygon with one cut
Materials : plastic sheet
Tools : scissors
X mm
X / 2 mm
X / 4 mm
cut

10. Up side down Car with Parachute : making of a 8-sided canopy
Workshop 3 :

11. Workshop 4 : how to hide & open parachute ?
Car with parachute thro’ a tunnel
how to hide & open parachute ?
Program for parachute sizes

12. Package of parachute

13. WHY ?
Unpackaged of parachute
Ground floor

14. + + Parachute : canopy & lines
Do you need a packet to hold the parachute ?

15. Pilot chute
A bag
Too small
Rectangle
Big chute with pilot