Post by thread:[OT] Re: Parachutes

I've been a skydiver for some time. You reach 360 km/h when you dive. Wouldn't imagine open at that speed. You have to slow down to aprox 190 kph before opening (by reconfiguring your fall position, from dive to stable 'lay down'). {Original Message removed}

Some parachutes are designed to handle high airspeed opening by using a constraining ring that prevents the chute from opening fully until it has slowed to an acceptable speed. Many drag chutes use this method. At 09:30 AM 2/10/2003, you wrote: >I've been a skydiver for some time. You reach 360 km/h when you dive. >Wouldn't imagine open at that speed. You have to slow down to aprox 190 kph >before opening (by reconfiguring your fall position, from dive to stable >'lay down'). > > > >{Original Message removed}

i believe these guys http://www.extremefly.com/ use a lack of crossports to slow the openings, where these guys http://www.basicresearch.com/ use 'vtec' to do the opposite, great stuff... -- Any risk when much repeated can become routine -- Nancy Gibbs http://www.tommywatson.com Gordon Niessen wrote: {Quote hidden}> Some parachutes are designed to handle high airspeed opening by using a > constraining ring that prevents the chute from opening fully until it has > slowed to an acceptable speed. Many drag chutes use this method. > > At 09:30 AM 2/10/2003, you wrote: > >> I've been a skydiver for some time. You reach 360 km/h when you dive. >> Wouldn't imagine open at that speed. You have to slow down to aprox >> 190 kph >> before opening (by reconfiguring your fall position, from dive to stable >> 'lay down'). >> >> >> >> {Original Message removed}