Recovery Systems for Model Rockets
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Apogee Technical Publication #3 "Increasing the Descent Time of Rocket Parachutes." This easy-to-read report explains all the factors that determine how slow a parachute falls, and what you can be do to make them fall even slower. Technical Publication #4 "The Science and Beauty of Streamer Recovery." This publication explains how streamers, made from readily available materials, can be constructed to make them fall slower. This provides a great starting point for many simple science fair topics. For articles on this subject check out the Peak of Flight index. This is a list, by topic, of all of the great articles the Peak of Flight put out over the years. Parachute design for rocket recovery Parachute descent rate calculator. Both Mac and Windows versions are available. (warning: lots of pop-ups) Calculating descent for round parachutes. Something similar is also in the RockSim program. Parachute Dethermalizers - These are devices that bring rockets down quicker so that they don't drift into the next country. Useful on smaller rockets (high school level) Spinning parachute toy. May be a cool recovery technique if you can get it into a rocket and deployed properly. Maple seed recovery technique. Plan for a simple rocket, similar to the Estes Tornado model. (middle school). Maple seed homepage. Can be used as a type of helicopter recovery. |
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To use the WayBack Machine, you may need to cut and past the URL into the web site. If you find more links that are needing to be moved here, please let us know! http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/parafauna/chute_design/ Hemispherical Parachute design information |
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