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Jasper Janssen
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:21:56 -0700, Mark Hickey <[email protected]>
wrote:
>That's why I said "virtually"... the 'chutes that are built to recover
>entire aircraft are also round, as are those that recover
>spacecraft... but on a "percentage popped" basis, I would imagine it's
>way under 1% total.
The chutes that slow down drag racers are round, and since those guys pop
2 or 3 chutes per car, times two cars, on every run, I would imagine that
they figure fairly high up in the rankings.
Jasper
wrote:
>That's why I said "virtually"... the 'chutes that are built to recover
>entire aircraft are also round, as are those that recover
>spacecraft... but on a "percentage popped" basis, I would imagine it's
>way under 1% total.
The chutes that slow down drag racers are round, and since those guys pop
2 or 3 chutes per car, times two cars, on every run, I would imagine that
they figure fairly high up in the rankings.
Jasper