F.S.I. or Flight Systems Incorporated was the first to come out with an adjustable sized parachute. They called it the "Select-A-Chute".It was eight sided and could be sized from 10" to 16" just by cutting around the colored bands.
I always thought this was a great idea. It was the inspiration behind the Odd'l Rockets multi sized parachutes. The Odd'l chutes can be sized at the standard 12, 15" and 18" sizes.
It is a one size fits most all, you just have to supply shroud line long enough to make the larger 18" parachute.
Enlarge the picture at the right to read the directions or to see the catalog page, go to Ninfinger's - CLICK HERE
Is there an advantage to an eight-sided parachute over a six-sided?
ReplyDeleteHi Lonnie,
DeleteI would think there would be a slightly slower descent with the eight sided parachute. There was probably some NARAM R&D projects done in the past. For LPR models six sided chutes work fine.