The Parawing, the Parafoil, the Sailwing and the Volplane achieve glide ratios of better than 3 to 1. They are lowering payloads of 6000 pounds from altitudes of 20,000 feet at dynamic pressures up to 100 per square ft. Their flight characteristics are more representative of gliders than of parachutes. This paper discusses the historical and technical development, defines aerodynamics stress analysis, deployment characteristics and flight performance, as well as showing some areas of operational application with emphasis on decoupled landing of logistics shuttle spacecraft.
Steerable Parachutes
1969
30 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Aeronautics , Parachutes , Steering , Parawings , Parachute descents , Payload , Reduction , Pressure , Flight testing , Aerodynamic loading , Stresses , Flight control systems , Landing , Velocity , Terrain , Spacecraft , Accuracy , Lift , Drag , Wind , Meteorological phenomena , Roll , Deceleration , Multiple operation , Low altitude , Aerodynamic characteristics , Drogue parachutes , Glidesail program , Gliding , Glide parachutes , Lifting parachutes , Parafoils , Sailwings , Volplanes
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