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https://www.quora.com/During-the-plane-chase-scene-in-Quantum-of-Solace-what-exactly-does-Bond-do-to-foil-the-fighter-jet-What-causes-the-engine-to-produce-more-smoke-and-how-does-he-manage-to-get-the-speed-of-the-other-pilots-plane-to-decrease
Well the basics are this: As soon as the chute unfolds completely, it reaches it's terminal velocity. So, depending on how quickly it opens (the fastest do in 200ft/60 metres) you have a safe landing speed. From a skydive website:
"A properly packed and deployed skydiving "ram-air" reserve parachute can open within 200 feet. Primary, or main, parachutes are often packed (some even designed) in a manner that actually slows their opening by as much as several hundred feet, sometimes more. This is desirable in a main parachute because fast openings usually mean hard openings. Hard openings can be painful and unnecessarily hard on equipment & jumper. This isn't conducive to a long skydiving career.
Reserve parachutes are built to take it, and the sometimes painfully quick reserve parachute openings are the price you pay for super fast emergency parachute openings -- which, thankfully, aren't very frequent. "
source:
http://www.fabulousrocketeers.com/Photo_See_Ya.htm
The question is: How did Bond manage to hang on to the chute opening that quickly....
Interesting read. Thanks!
Good enough for me.
It's not clear to me what he says and it's not in the subtitles....
What has this to add to the 'flying boat' problem of the film? Or are you telling us the secret to the anchor is Dan's pores?
Pfft....muggles.
Yes cause nobody will know the true unless to talk with the peoples who create/film this scene, the editor of the movie, or unless to read a script of the movie or find storyboards of this scene. There is no points to comment without any of these things cause they are the ONLY way to know the true.