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Once the parachute's shape is set you use it just like any other
Ram-air parachute's airfoil.
its folded and opens only by the pulling of the quads giving it the
desired shape.
An actual trial with this idea
http://tenrandomfac...r-Parachute-001.jpg
The quadcopters are too small to be seen in the image [pashute, Nov 04 2021]
Like this?
https://www.festo.c...up/en/cms/10244.htm
An airborne jellyfish. [neutrinos_shadow, Nov 09 2021]
[link]
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So instead of hands pulling the control ropes you use
quad copters? Why not just use motors attached to
the payload? Way more efficient. |
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If I'm understanding you correctly. |
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Do you mean a rapid deployment system for the chute, so it
can go from packed to working extremely quickly? Wouldn't
need "quadcopters" per se, just 4 individual ducted props,
well tethered for directional stability (& probably jettisioned
after use to save weight & tangling...). |
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[a1], I think [pashute] was pulling our legs with his description of
the link; if you look at the page the picture comes from, it's just a
list of facts about existing ram air parachutes. Obviously. |
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Seems like the wrong category, too. Is this the
vehicle? How do you determine the shape? Too
many unanswered questions? |
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Yes [pert] was right, but I was joking, hoping to bring
smiles,
because I thought the idea was clear, and definitely did not
mean to piss any of you off. |
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Ok, clarification; The idea is for a hang glider type of
parachute, which could be very large. You don't need to
unfold it. You don't need to spread it out and you don't
need
wind. |
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An extra feature could be that pulling down on the
parachute (perhaps even with a motor), it could add energy
to the uplift motion, and then the quads could bring up the
middle while the upwards thrust is not pulling the middle
down, then to the sides creating some sort of large
"ornithopter". |
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There are kinds of sea creatures that seemingly swim like
that (but not with quadcopters of course). |
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