If you had to jump from very high, what would you use as a parachute?

In summary: A chair might do that.I think that I would borrow a parachute on the way down.:devil:Maybe I should have posted this in the physics section. 8)Maybe I should have posted this in the physics section. 8)
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An RPG launcher. Fire it down and hopefully the recoil will save me if I time it properly :tongue:

I might die from the blast though.
 
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consciousness said:
An RPG launcher. Fire it down and hopefully the recoil will save me if I time it properly :tongue:

I might die from the blast though.

Hmmm, let me think about this.

*four years and a PhD later*

...it wouldn't work! :tongue:
 

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