Oh no! After all that hard work. Seems like the biggest problem was the parachute not opening. Maybe thin mil nylon for the next flight after repairs?
The up part was good. It is always that down part that is tough. Repair and fly again!
Kuririn, Daddy, You are right the parachute turned out to be the hardest part. I knew in advance that this was one of the biggest concerns, if not the biggest. The old crumpled mylar chute that I used was about 42" diameter. The kit comes with two 32" diameter chutes. To me they seem like heavy plastic and I was concerned that they might not fit into the parachute compartment. I see that Apogee sells some large mylar chutes. These are things that I will need to think out about after making repairs. Right now I don't know when I will do reconstruction work. I may wait until next winter. The obvious method of repair is to cut out the damaged section and put in a new section.