8 inch Chutes

[Fireman55]

Where is the best place to buy 8 inch parachutes?

 

[H_Rocket]

Plain old flat plastic, flat ripstop, or hemispherical rip-stop?

 

[jflis]

If you're looking for low cost plastic chutes, we have a 16" that includes patterns to cut a 12" or 8" from the canopy. You can find them by Following this link. (the PCP-16)

jim

 

[Micromeister]

I make alot of my own chutes, using all kinds of stuff. 1/4mil and 1/2mil mylar, 1/2mil giftwrap mylar sheets, alots of light weight shopping bags, mylar or plastic sheeting balloons, Drycleaner Bags (1/4mil or less), some Trashcan liners. Several weights of Rip-stop nylon, real Silk and other materals for the fabric stores.

Once you have the patterns made, and a table or board on which to cut them its really a breeze.

Kevlar thread and silver trim Monokote take care of most of the Shroudlines and attachments.

 

[The EGE]

I make my own all the time - everything from 6" to 42" nylon chutes. You can get thin ripstop nylon for about 6 bucks a yard, sometimes less, at any decent fabric store. I use 1/8" nylon string for the lines, and they don't tangle like plastic chutes.

 

[dlb]

Top Flight recovery makes a PAR-9 - 9" with 6 shroud lines@$4.25ea , ripstop nylon.

 

[brianc]

Top Flight recovery makes a PAR-9 - 9" with 6 shroud lines@$4.25ea , ripstop nylon.

And the Thin Mill 9" (PAR-9TM, same price) packs into small
spaces very well...
https://topflightrecoveryllc.homestead.com/thinmil.html

 

[El Cheapo]

Talk to Debi at www.rocketparachutes.com. From 8" to 90", her stuff is the best.

 

[evil ed]

Drop me a PM and I'll send some samples.

Evil Ed Hartle
hartle Engineering, Inc.

"Still Chasing the Demon"