Open Rocket Parachute Shroud Line Length?

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My TARC team went out on a launch yesterday with the goal of hitting the time requirement (we're already pretty close to the 800' altitude target), and one of the students came up with the idea of reefing the shroud lines rather than cutting a spill hole in the parachute. (A great idea and easy to change, too). So, we fired up OR and started changing the shroud line lengths... only to find that no matter what we set it to (including 1"...) the descend speed and flight time remained unchanged. Has anyone else run into this before, and do you know of a fix? Thanks!
 
Try substituting a smaller chute in OR that approximates the size of the reefed one. Or should I say yours when reefed.
 
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