PartComponent Status
Drogue ParachuteDesigned + Sewed

Parachute Materials:

Component

Material

Component

Material

Canopy Fabric

1.1 oz Ripstop Nylon, Calendered

Shroud Lines

Vectran, 600 lbs capacity

Webbing - Main

Type 8 Nylon, 4000 lb Tensile Strength

Risers

Technora, 2,500 lbs capacity

Webbing - Drogue

Thin Kevlar

Sewing Thread

Nylon 66, Bonded

Parachute Design - Drogue Sizing:

Terminal Velocity (ft/s): 92

Diameter (ft)

Area (ft2)

Vent Diameter (ft)

Disk Diameter (ft)

4.5

15.89

0.216

3.087

Gap height (ft)

Band Height (ft)

Suspension Line Length (ft)

# Suspension Lines

0.36

0.509

9

6