Reefing Parachute Research
9/15/2024
Goals:
Develop a reefing parachute that successfully deploys and efficiently controls rocket flight/descent.
Purpose:
Condensing two parachutes (drogue + main) into a singular parachute that can perform the actions of both.
Skirt Reefing:
- controls canopy shape by routing a reefing line through reefing rings attached to the skirt of the canopy
Suspension-line reefing:
- controls the canopy shape by tying all the suspension lines together at some point between the canopy and the payload
Canopy reefing:
