RC Skydiving

HeliGuy101

Junior Member
A plane would take skydiver up and drop it the skydiver being controlled by
a pilot on the ground would open a parachute and basically glide down.
 

xuzme720

Dedicated foam bender
Mentor
A plane would take skydiver up and drop it the skydiver being controlled by
a pilot on the ground would open a parachute and basically glide down.
We got that part, I think where the confusion comes is how to R/C the little skydiver?
 

rcspaceflight

creator of virtual planes
A counter weight on a couple of servos? So the little guy can shift his weight. Or is it a control surface type of thing?
 

rcspaceflight

creator of virtual planes
Wait. Skydiver? or Parachutist? I was imagining a little guy dropping belly first and moving around. For some reason.

If it's a parachute then wouldn't you just mount a servo on the mans chest that pulls down string onto either end of a long parachute. I guess that's what everyone else said. I'm not sure how you would pack that so the parachute doesn't tangle and the strings on the servo don't also get tangled.