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ARES - Novel Parachute Recovery

Project Overview

Developing novel methods of parachute recovery. Recovery systems are often the most neglected areas within amateur rocketry, and unsurprisingly are often the cause of many failed flights. We aimed to solve this in Project Florence. Under the guidance of an experienced skydiving parachute rigger we developed an extremely robust and performant recovery system.

Skills Used

Recovery Systems Design Parachute Engineering Systems Integration Testing

ARES - Novel Parachute Recovery

Developing Novel Methods of Parachute Recovery

Recovery systems are often the most neglected areas within amateur rocketry, and unsurprisingly are often the cause of many failed flights. We aimed to solve this in Project Florence. Under the guidance of an experienced skydiving parachute rigger we developed an extremely robust and performant recovery system.

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Three ring release with line cutter installed

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Packed recovery system

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Car testing rig

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Successful recovery deployment

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Successful recovery deployment, captured by onboard GoPro