RC parachute??
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RC parachute??
hey has anyone ever got the idea of a RC controled parachute decent???
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I think that October Sky's asking if anyone has done a "Radio Control" parachute deploy.da-water wrote:what does "RC" mean?
I've never seen it done before but I remember a while back on one of the defunct wrocket mailing lists that someone had suggested it. I've since come to believe that R/C is as good as any other deploy and that you could also do the same thing with a timer circuit or an altimeter signal. The real difficulty is taking a small electrical impulse and transferring it into a large mechanical force needed to push a parachute out. Once you work out how to push out the chute when a signal turns ON, then you can pick whatever controlling method you like. R/C would be a nice option for this.
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That's an interesting concept...october sky wrote:No, i'm not talking about using RC to deploy the parachute(though that is a good idea) i'm talking about having it so you can turn the parachute, thus making the rocket run(where you go get your rocket) uneeded
I think you would need to get plans for making a "parafoil", which is a parachute that's shaped like a wing. If you made a small scale parafoil then you could guide it with a single servo that pulled on the left or right side control lines just like a human parafoil does.
I think Burt Rutan did some tests for NASA a while back when he was doing concept work for a "Escape Pod" for the space station. It looked like a miniature space shuttle only it deployed a parafoil just before landing and they could "steer" it to a landing pad.
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i know you have to have a parafoil to steer the chute. here is site that has just that! http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... chute3.htm
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That's quite interesting. I may not have to learn how to sew a parafoil such as this!october sky wrote:i know you have to have a parafoil to steer the chute. here is site that has just that! http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... chute3.htm
I like the way in which one can make the parafoil steer, as this would allow us to make it fly in a gentle circular path all the way to the ground. With an onboard camera we would have a super view of the raide all the way down!
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