Aeronautics and astronautics – Safety lowering devices – Parachutes
Patent
1989-10-02
1991-12-03
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Safety lowering devices
Parachutes
B64D 1702
Patent
active
050694049
ABSTRACT:
An improved parachute utilizing a ram air design and having an upper surface connected to a lower surface by a plurality of rib members and forming a plurality of chambers therebetween. The end chambers are smaller than the center chambers and this increases the lift-to-drag ratio of the parachute. The parachute has a substantially elliptical planform so as to increase the aspect and glide ratios of the parachute.
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