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| Title | A stability analysis of tandem parachute mid-air recovery systems : final report |
| Series | Technical report (Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)) AFFDL-TR-74-149. |
| Creator | Higgins, Michael W.
Speelman, Ralph J. III.
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)
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| Subject | Parachutes -- Testing Parachutes -- Aerodynamics -- Testing.
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| Description | The objective of this report is to present the derivation and application of an analytical technique to quantitatively predict and measure the performance/stability of a tandem parachute Mid-Air Recovery System (MARS). In this system, a main parachute is used to control the rate of descent of the payload and a smaller parachute, tethered to the apex of this main chute, serves as an engagement target for the recovery aircraft. Significant parameters relevant to position and stability of the engagement parachute are identified and quantified. Those parameters relevant to system stability, as viewed by the pilot of the retrieval aircraft, are combined into a single numerically valued stability factor. |
| Publisher | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, 1975. |
| Local Notes | Donated by Sandia National Laboratories, November 2005. |
| Notes | This work is part of the library's ""Parachute History Collection"" donated by Sandia National Laboratories through the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerodynamic Deceleration Systems Technical Committee. ""Report Number AFFDL-TR-74-149.""--T.p. ""May 1975.""--T.p. ""Recovery and Crew Station Branch, Vehicle Equipment Division.""--Cover. Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio |
| DateOriginal | 1975 |
| Format | Portable Document Format |
| Extent | 219 p. |
| Call Number | TL753 .H53 1975 |
| Original Record Link | http://leonardo.lindahall.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=lhlopen&full=3100001~!642998~!3 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | A stability analysis of tandem parachute mid-air recovery systems : final report |
| Collection | Parachute History Collection |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/collections/hos_imageuse.shtml |
