A spring or damper setup would definitely smooth the initial hit. What I don't
understand is where the hit is coming from. Shock loads come from running up
against something with a lot of inertia, like when towing a car. The parachute
just doesn't have much inertia. You could claim that the air in the chute has
a lot of mass, but all the air the chute sees is essentially still, so it would
be seeing that load constantly rather than as a spike.
As speeds go up I'd expect the answer to come from more chutes getting
sequentially larger as you slow down.
Simon
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> From: Dave[SMTP:ddahlgren@snet.net]
> Reply To: Dave
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:09 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Parachute lines
>
> Thinking a little outside the box today.. I wonder if a
> spring and shock
> arrangement on a rocker system would soften the hit of the
> chute..
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