Yesterday I went around to Timothy’s house to buy some Ripstop Nylon. If possible I wanted to try and get some orange material, as I kind of liked the look of that colour parachute. After some looking around, we found some that was more or less the right size and shape I was looking for. I worked out that a piece that size should come to around R600, and when I tried to pay, Timothy just asked that I make a mention of him on my Facebook page. In addition to the copious generosity, he gave me some tips on how to improve my parachute design, by not using seam tape, but rather a French seam where the panels are joined, and by cutting a hole in the top of the parachute, which will add stability to the decent and will save some weight, at little expense to the decent rate. Yet again I was thanking people who were so generous in the donations to this project, and I plan to make a big fuss of them when there are lots of eyes on my, so that I can really express my gratitude.
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