Goal: drop test vehicle and deploy main parachute under flight conditions
- Test vehicle: 2ft, 80 lbs Pathfinder tube with parachutes, piston (not active), and weight
- Instrumentation: cameras, sensors, radio, pyxida for data logging?
- Deployment: activate parachute deployment with radio control
- Measure: deployment forces (load cell or pressure-sensitive film), verify bulkhead strength, parachute drag (altimeter & accelerometer)
Ideas:
- Tow behind or push out of small aircraft (preferable high wing)
- Launch recovery system on an instrumented rocket
- Drop in vertical wind tunnel