It’s a parafoil with auto-pilot! Power harvesting is a fascinating and tricky game. To help ease the transition away from batteries, [Jasper Sikken] developed a solar harvesting module that ...

Parafoil-type canopies develop both lift and drag by using ram-air pressure to inflate a fabric-composed, cellular-structured, low-aspect-ratio wing; these varieties are capable of significant ...

Here you can see one of the tests, where the payload is guiding its descent using a parafoil. Directional control is possible with a parafoil simply by shifting weight between the two supporting ...

Windsocks show which way the wind is blowing and how fast it is. Have a go at creating your own colourful windsock with the video below. Emma-Louise: Hi! Let's make a rainbow windsock that blows ...