Study on parachute use

[arthwollipot]

Here's a newly-published study from the British Medical Journal. Well worth the read.

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial

 

[Trebuchet]

Can you win an Ig Nobel if you're intentionally trying for it?

ETA: Be sure to scroll down to the photo. Cool airplane!

 

[Tsukasa Buddha]

I know this version is making a different point, but there was an interesting review of the original parachute article from 2003 here.

 

[sts60]

That.. was... awesome. Great science, or rather, meta-science.

“First and most importantly, our findings might not be generalizable to the use of parachutes in aircraft traveling at a higher altitude or velocity.”

 

[casebro]

Hmmm.. better Ignoble study..... compare needless skydiver deaths to numbers of passengers who actaully used parachutes in an emergency.... results: "People who wear parachutes are many times more likely to die than other passengers". Might as well not have a parachute.

Because that seems to be the logic of the gun statistic: "People who live in a house with a gun in it are a bazillioon more times likely to die of gun shot wound".... Personally, I blame houses.

 

[Roboramma]

That was great.

 

[Norman Alexander]

But...but... The BMJ!!

 

[smartcooky]

Checks date: Nope, not April 1st.

Can you win an Ig Nobel if you're intentionally trying for it?

ETA: Be sure to scroll down to the photo. Cool airplane!

Steerman?

 

[jonesdave116]

First law of parachute use; remember to open it, otherwise you may be in trouble. Second rule....... well, if you don't follow the first rule, any other rules are irrelevant.

 

[Trebuchet]

First law of parachute use; remember to open it, otherwise you may be in trouble. Second rule....... well, if you don't follow the first rule, any other rules are irrelevant.

If in doubt, put it out.

 

[kellyb]

Checks date: Nope, not April 1st.

The BMJ does a quasi-satirical one every Christmas.

 

[Horatius]

First law of parachute use; remember to open it, otherwise you may be in trouble. Second rule....... well, if you don't follow the first rule, any other rules are irrelevant.

I would have thought the first law was "remember to put it on before jumping". Can't open what you don't have.

 

[EHocking]

First law of parachute use; remember to open it, otherwise you may be in trouble. Second rule....... well, if you don't follow the first rule, any other rules are irrelevant.

My mother gave me one as a present yesterday. She told me not to open it before Xmas.

 

[Hungry81]

My mother gave me one as a present yesterday. She told me not to open it before Xmas.

Thats only a quandry if you are going skydiving in the next week or so.

 

[bruto]

A funny one. It reminds me of a quotation attributed to Benny Hill (source not remembered): Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.

 

[EHocking]

Thats only a quandry if you are going skydiving in the next week or so.

. . . If you don’t hear from me on Monday . . .

 

[This is The End]

There is science. And then there is the documentation of science.

Both can be beautiful. Often times without each other.

 

[sts60]

Thats only a quandry if you are going skydiving in the next week or so.

“If at first you don’t succeed, well, maybe skydiving’s not for you.”

 

[LTC8K6]

For better results, don't make your own, and don't use it from the 14th floor...

https://www.newsweek.com/teenager-jumps-death-homemade-parachute-fails-open-1261365

 

[Tolls]

Blimey.
And his family looked on, presumably thinking this was a reasonable idea??