Tunnelrats
Dear readers It has been a busy December in the Department of Slowly Falling Things. Just before Christmas, I was in Holland, invited by DARE , to test different items in a wind tunnel, and on 28th Read more…
Ringsail main parachutes in windtunnel
We see: Ring sail main parachute reefed to 5% Ring sail main parachute reefed to 10% Ring sail main parachute reefed to 25% Ring sail main parachute, full opening Triple ring sail main parachute, full Read more…
Ballutes in windtunnel
We see: Ballute, mk2 design. Ballute, mk1 design with pillow stuffing in air vent. Ballute, mk1 design with carbon rods in air vent. Double ballute, mk1. Wind speed progress for each parachute: 20 m/s, 25 Read more…
