Hooked On Rockets
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I just got my 4" Goblin a lot closer to fly ready, I just picked up the JLCR a couple of weeks ago.
I've been kinda looking for some ideas to use it for "dual deploy"-so to speak...
It would be easier to draw a picture than to try to explain..so I drew a picture...
(Pardon the crudeness, but the elements are there! LOL)
Here's the picture....
Here's the idea....
The idea is to have a section of the main harness line held captive in the Chute Release and a separate drogue line attached to the main chute attachment loop.
It then passes through a metal "slip loop" tied with a simple knot in the main line.
Upon deployment, the drogue chute is pulled out and the main is held lower wit the Chute Release.
When it reaches release altitude, the main hopefully clears the drogue and when it opens, it pull the drogue down to the "slip loop" below the main chute.
The drogue remains open ( I know it "steals" air from the main so to speak) and hopefully adds some drag and PERHAPS reduces the chance of a tangle...provided that the main clears the drogue without a tangle...
I'm also thinking that it could reduce main deployment shock by the drag that it takes to pull the drogue down through the "slip loop".
Here's the questions...
Has anyone ever tried this?
Did it work?
Is this a good idea?
Thanks!!!!
I've been kinda looking for some ideas to use it for "dual deploy"-so to speak...
It would be easier to draw a picture than to try to explain..so I drew a picture...
(Pardon the crudeness, but the elements are there! LOL)
Here's the picture....
Here's the idea....
The idea is to have a section of the main harness line held captive in the Chute Release and a separate drogue line attached to the main chute attachment loop.
It then passes through a metal "slip loop" tied with a simple knot in the main line.
Upon deployment, the drogue chute is pulled out and the main is held lower wit the Chute Release.
When it reaches release altitude, the main hopefully clears the drogue and when it opens, it pull the drogue down to the "slip loop" below the main chute.
The drogue remains open ( I know it "steals" air from the main so to speak) and hopefully adds some drag and PERHAPS reduces the chance of a tangle...provided that the main clears the drogue without a tangle...
I'm also thinking that it could reduce main deployment shock by the drag that it takes to pull the drogue down through the "slip loop".
Here's the questions...
Has anyone ever tried this?
Did it work?
Is this a good idea?
Thanks!!!!