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Design, Development and Flight Testing of the U.S. Army 4200 sq ft Parafoil Recovery SystemThe purpose of this paper is to describe the design, development and flight-testing of the U.S. Army 4200 sq ft parafoil recovery system built under NASA Contract NAS 9-00076. The 4200 f? parafoil described herein was a potential candidate to fulfill the U.S. Army requirement for a 10,000 lb useable payload precision guided recovery system. Design heritage as well as specific features, like lower surface inlets, confluence fitting, upper surface energy modulator design, deployment bag design and 60 ft diameter Ringslot drogue will be discussed. Initial flight test results, ground testing of various components to verify design margin and configuration changes will also be discussed. The 4200 sq ft parafoil recovery system completed three flight tests during 2003 at payload weights of over 15,000 Ibs
Document ID
20070022338
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bennett, Thomas W.
(Pioneer Aerospace Corp. South Windsor, CT, United States)
Fox, Roy, Jr.
(Fox Parachute Services Belleville, WY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
May 23, 2005
Subject Category
Statistics And Probability
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 2005-1628
Meeting Information
Meeting: 18th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator System Technology Conference and Seminar
Location: Munich
Country: Germany
Start Date: May 23, 2005
End Date: May 25, 2005
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-00076
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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