Why do parachutes have holes in the top?

Question

please help!

Answer 1

They allow air to be channeled thru them so the person can land closer to where they want.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

gives a straight decent so they dont drift all over have more control

Answer 4

because it looks nice

Answer 5

because it lets the parachute desend at a reasonable rate

Answer 6

must be in the same class as the last person who asked.

Answer 7

if there was no hole, then the parachute would pulse, and it would wobble itself. the hole at the top leaks a samll ammount of air, and this stabilises the braking action.

ywant to know more? take your bike and an shopping bag. if you drive fast, the bag would inflate and start to brake. notice how it turns around and sideways... this would be the motion of the unstabilised parachute. now make a hole at the bottom of the shopping bag, and start pedalling again. this time the bag is inflated yet it is stable. that is all.

Answer 8

By allowing the air to leak slowly out of the top of the parachute, the hole stabilizes the parachute and allows for much safer landings than old-style parachutes without the hole.  The old-style parachutes produced a backwards and forwards pendulum-like motion on the parachutist caused by air leaking out from the edges of the chute.  As the air leaked from one edge, the chute tilted, throwing the parachutist to one side.  As the chute swung back, more air would leak out from the opposite side, setting up the pendulum motion.

The hole in the top of the chute also slows down the opening of the chute, causing a more comfortable opening, especially for male parachutists.

Answer 9

Why? So you can ask this question.Ha Ha