Parachute Man Pulley Launch System

"Parachute Man" gets a pulley system to raise and release him high in the air.
I used to make the "parachute man" toy a lot when I was a kid. I was visiting Danielle and Rhett. He got inspired to make a pulley system to drop parachutes similar to one he'd seen in a science museum with his little boy Rhett.

Here's what we came up with.
It works really well and little Rhett loves it.

Step 1 Parachute Man

It's pretty simple.
Cut a square piece of the lightest cloth or plastic you can find.
Tie four strings to the corners.
Tie the other ends of the strings to the dude that's going to parachute.

The following steps show details of those steps.
If you've already got your parachute and parachutist,
feel free to skip ahead to the pulley system at step 7.

Comments

[JellyWoo]

very cool!

[balisticjoe]

I know someone who uses a similar system to send Christmas wish lists in the Santa sleigh on his roof. he goes crazy for the holidays

[9TAILEDFOXFIRE]

nice job

[Quiksilver2693]

Wow. That is so cool. =]

[the_burrito_master]

sweet good job I used to love making Parachute men.

[Heywasup]

Nice idea very smart. My friends will be jealous when they see this in my room!!! In the video it doesn't look like the parachute worked really well. Try to improve. Oh and can i use another thing as a weight or person maybie something lighter?

[hornbadoing]

haha that kid looks like he is having fun :)

[GorillazMiko]

Hehehe, I have always wanted one of these!
I just lost my spelling bee at school about 15 minutes ago, but this just made me smile, thanks!
I hope I can try this in my room very soon.

[joejoerowley]

Wow! This is really Clever! Looks like you did a great job! A+ . To bad other people haven't seen this.