Would these ballutes be more useful for entry and landing, aerocapture/braking, or both if perfected?
Quote from: redliox on 03/16/2014 10:04 amWould these ballutes be more useful for entry and landing, aerocapture/braking, or both if perfected?Prior to landing to keep the vehicle orientated. Made from the right materials it COULD be used during entry but aerocapture velocity is probably going to be way to high. I actually wonder what speed they are looking at using it for? It doesn't look to me like a high-speed design.(FYI: I've experiance inspecting, packing, and attaching super-sonic and sub-sonic ballutes for air-dropped weapons and that's where the question is coming from)Randy
Ballute design Copenhagen Suborbitals http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/bastard-named-ballute/"We just initiated the Ballute design-phase and we have already created the very first prototype which seems like a promising try-out model."