Under Chute

5 responses to “Under Chute”

1. 

   angry shock

   Oct 1, 2009 at 7:19 am

   very cute! 😉

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2. 

   Leino88

   Oct 1, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   how much does it weigh?

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3. 

   jurvetson

   Oct 1, 2009 at 6:13 pm

   110 lbs. The nose cone alone is 40 lbs.

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4. 

   Kevin Baird

   Oct 2, 2009 at 7:33 pm

   Do you ever use one of those rings that slides along the suspension lines from the chute toward the rocket, to let the chute open more slowly?

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   jurvetson

   Oct 2, 2009 at 7:45 pm

   No – heard mixed reviews on that. I do have a fixed adjuster like that on my Sky Angle chute. I use taped around coils of shock cord, and sometimes a in-line racquetball. I have never had a zipper….

   Dick (part of the RocketMavericks team) built and tested a computer actuated reefing chute during this event. Worked like a charm. The one chute stayed small until 800 feet and then deployed fully. Better yet, it has been designed to deploy from the side of the rocket, angling backward, so it works even at high horizontal speeds (from extreme weather cocking or other mid-flight mishaps).

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