Originally Posted by Linville86

I like to make my own parachutes for scratch builds. But just cutting out a flat piece of plastic is easy but makes a boring parachute.

So playing around with the seal function on a vacuum food saver, I was able to make this.

It still folds up and deploys easy. It looks stronger along the seams. Color and shape possibilities are endless. And Other than time, I cant see a down side to making and using them.

Anyone interested in seeing how I did it?