parachute identification

watermelonman · Aug 28, 2015

Anyone recognize this? Someone gave it to me, seems like nice construction. It is about 58 inches, 12 lines transition down to 6 and 6 then two large at the bridal. There is a circular spill hole as well.

Onebadhawk · Aug 28, 2015

Looks like a military flare chute...
I had some 60" flare chutes...
I flew them many times...
They work great...

Teddy

bobkrech · Aug 29, 2015

+1

Bob

fyrwrxz · Aug 29, 2015

watermelonman said:
Anyone recognize this? Someone gave it to me, seems like nice construction. It is about 58 inches, 12 lines transition down to 6 and 6 then two large at the bridal. There is a circular spill hole as well.

+1 Surplus Flare chute. They work great!

crossfire · Aug 29, 2015

+2 its a flare chute.

watermelonman · Aug 30, 2015

How would I get more? Military surplus shop? Any guesses to the CD, or comparison with commercial rocket parachutes? I think it would be lower drag.

tim cubbedge · Aug 30, 2015

I think these are the same or close:

https://aeroconsystems.com/cart/all-parachutes/60-inch-white-parachute/

Tonimus · Aug 31, 2015

In my experience, the CD is pretty close to commercially made flat parachutes. The default CD in OpenRocket of 0.8 is really close to the data I get from my altimeters for the flare chute I have.

75Grandville · Aug 31, 2015

timbucktoo said:
I think these are the same or close:

https://aeroconsystems.com/cart/all-parachutes/60-inch-white-parachute/

+1 Just spent the weekend dyeing a couple of these (plus a few other chutes) red, per the instructions on Aerocon's website. If it helps with the ID, mine had green stitching where the leads met the chute.

watermelonman · Aug 31, 2015

75Grandville said:
+1 Just spent the weekend dyeing a couple of these (plus a few other chutes) red, per the instructions on Aerocon's website. If it helps with the ID, mine had green stitching where the leads met the chute.

Yes! I thought that stitch was grey but looking close it is definitely green. Thanks all!

cherokeej · Sep 3, 2015

Big Bad Bob at Aerocon will have plenty of these. Excellent chute.

Tell him James said hello.

AlfaBrewer · Sep 8, 2015

Are there any special tricks to folding one of these? I've used Top Flight chutes in the past, but have one of these now, and want to make sure I fold and pack it properly.

Tonimus · Sep 8, 2015

AlfaBrewer said:
Are there any special tricks to folding one of these? I've used Top Flight chutes in the past, but have one of these now, and want to make sure I fold and pack it properly.

https://www.fruitychutes.com/help_for_parachutes/how_to_pack_a_parachute.htm

watermelonman · Sep 8, 2015

AlfaBrewer said:
Are there any special tricks to folding one of these? I've used Top Flight chutes in the past, but have one of these now, and want to make sure I fold and pack it properly.

I followed the basic elliptical fold pattern and had a great deployment.

AlfaBrewer · Sep 8, 2015

Thanks for the link. I had seen this, but wasn't sure if it applied to these chutes as well.

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