parachute
#4
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DYNO OPERATOR
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Rifle Colorado
Posts: 585
Not really. It depends on the weight and speed. My dragster only weighed 1500lbs and ran around 150. It hit harder than my Vette with the same size & style chute at 2222lbs and 158mph....neither felt particularly hard to me.
Johnny
Johnny
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Napier, New Zealand
Posts: 231
I use two Stroud chutes. They are designed to open softer than cross form chutes. They have a spring launcher and are real easy to pack. There is a good article on Dragstuff.com written by Bob Stroud about the differences in the two designs.
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/parachutes.html
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/parachutes.html