Mini Matchbox-Parachute

First of all, I would like to ask you for your comprehension, because this is my first instructable, and my native language is Hungarian, so please excuse me about my English use. Some years ago, I made a parachute like this, just for fun. And now, I would like to share it with the community. You can find other kinds of parachutes here, but this is my version.

The things you'll need:
- scissors
- sellotape
- matchbox (empty)
- thick sewing thread
- plastic bag (thin, and not too small)

Step 1 The bag

This will be the most important part of the parachute, so make it good. First, you have to decide how big parachute would you want. Bigger parachute will create more drag, so the match-box, and it's contents will fall slower. But if you make it too big for small weight, the weight on the parachute won't be enough, so it may cause some disfunctions, and your parachute will fail.
You have to cut a square from the plastic bag. In my case it's 20x20 cm (~8x8 in.), it's enough for some keys or coins to fall down slowly. But I advise you to make a bigger square, around 30x30 cm (~12x12 in).

Comments

[knektek]

i love the army man stuff! don't worry about your English (in fact it is better than my English) ;) suggest getting a rough net of a semi-sphere creating the shapes to sew together to make a bigger parachute :)

[taka21]

Nice instructable! Don't worry about your english, it's fine, perfectly understandable! Nice comic strip as well!

[spacewarp]

Thanks for the positive critics guys :) The summer holiday is here, I'm planning to make more instructables, with comics too ;)

[ChrysN]

This is really neat, I love how you've included a comic strip, as well a troubleshooting section.

[PKM]

Hi spacewarp, Your english is fine, the instructions were perfectly easy to understand. Some native english speakers write worse english because they are lazy :) I love the little comic strip with the parachute soldier, that is the sort of thing that makes a simple Instructable fun and memorable. Keep it up!