Columbia shuttle
Research Institute of Parachuting “Rostec” tested the products in its CEO
Rostec creates a parachute for the “Warrior”. The new parachute system takes into account all the features of promising combat equipment
The Research Institute of Parachute Engineering tested the new products at its CEO, 47-year-old Sergey Khursevich, a RBC correspondent reports from the Kirzhach airfield, where the tests took place. Continue reading
The main parachute “Segment”
The main “Segment” parachute is a 7-section dome designed for acrobatics (rotation and rebuilding).
The dome “Segment” is made of fabric with zero breathability (ZP, Gelvenor Textiles), equipped with slings Dacron-600 or ML (microline).
“Segment” is characterized by fast and uniform filling. The behavior of the dome in the stall and recovery modes is stable and controlled, the dome is sensitive to inputs by control lines or free ends. Continue reading
Space divers
Do you want to take off on a small rocket to a height of 100 kilometers, and then jump out of it and in one spacesuit alone overcome all the way to the surface of the Earth? For money. Say – I’m not a suicide. Wait a moment. The authors of this risky venture promise a soft landing – they are developing a system for parachute jumps from space. Continue reading
