Canada_Jim

I really appreciate all the awesome advise and knowledge you all have taken the time to share with me. I have limited time and cannot visit this site as often as I would like, but I vow to keep you posted on my progress. Attached is a pic of the plane under construction that will carry the teddy bear up, and here is a video clip of the first completed animatronic arm; https://youtu.be/kQkjtNW7vhw I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

Yes, Obe, so much to consider...........I'm thinking of this as a quarter scale project, but have been unable to decipher the full scale parachute sizing numbers. They don't equate to anything I can compare kite size to. My gut tell me to start out in the 20kg range and I'm thinking some ground testing might garner information that has it pretty light on the wing at that weight and may suffer from lack of penetration, especially due to high angle of incidence of a kite compared to parachute. My research indicates kites around 2-3 degrees, and parachute up to 7 degrees. Another question I have is about the pilot chute.........the ones I've seen you guys use have an apron extending at least partially around the strings. This differs from the signal flare chute I got, so does this serve a special purpose, should I expect to add? I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

Siren, thanks for the heads up on this condition, it was not something that I had considered, and it now has me brain storming a bit....... Obe, I intend to install a drop pin mechanism on a radio controlled aircraft called a Pilot RC Skywolf, it can be seen here;[url]https://youtu.be/G4FP7ZBdgC4 I have oversize landing gear for it, that will buy me the space between ground and underside of fuse. I am a 30 year member of The Model Aircraft Association of Canada and follow their protocols for safety at all times. The equipment I will build with allows for GPS downlinking and barometric sensor information to provide a real time sense of location, and it will be used at a MAAC sanctioned field after passing all safety inspections required of it. My goal is to obtain Nav Canada special exeption licence and private insurance to be able to display it at airshows.......... I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

In a lot of ways yes exactly, piisfish, like that model only larger. My design will have more flexible limb movement and will be much larger scale........but the concept is based on the tried and true type of rc skydiver you depict. I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

The 3DOF animatronic stuff I will use and my 32 channel computer transmitter that uses open source software which allows me to write custom algorithm's for the human like control this model will have......in these attachements. I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

Thanks for the swift replies guy's,.........so I'm thinking slider is not necessary and bear can endure the forces......... Hames, I'm think I'm gonna convert the kit in photo to the chute for this project. I will sew a bag and attach the 36" signal flare chute in one of the pics for a pilot, to mimic full scale system. I will ground test and maybe anticipate re-stringing for increased angle of incidence...............thoughts?? I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.

I am not a skydiver, nor do I have any experience being around the discipline at all, so really green. I do not intend to be a jumper at all, what I am is a 30 year scratch building radio controlled modeler with an idea in my head. To build the worlds first; remote control, animatronic, skydiving Teddy Bear! I have purchased this traction kite; this container; This 36" Teddy Bear; This signal flare chute.......... and all the stuff necessary to install 3 degree of freedom robotics into the teddy to give him humanoid arm and leg movement, linear actuators to deploy chute, telemetry radio system to provide remote control........................etc.....etc.... I have some scale ppg building experience including re-string a chute from a cad model. I lack the practical full scale experience necessary to really be successful, but believe all the products are now available to do some really cool things like this..............imagine a wing suit flying animatronic teddy bear..............PPG bear.............etc. So I got all this stuff coming in the mail, and while I'm waiting I'm curious to hear some thoughts from experienced divers, and would like to ask some aeronautical engineering type questions, such as what is the purpose of the slider on the lines? I am not a skydiver, but a radio controlled modeler seeking information about building a radio controlled skydiver.