Hi Henery
RC controlled parachute can absolutely work. We've seen Armadillo do
it on at least one occasion and the Condor team did dozens of
flights, not all successful. the to Kicker for us was deployment and
the fact that occasionally we were 40km downrange so although they
landed good some were still miles away, a problem you should not have
with rocketry. All it takes is a single control line to get tangled
and it not landing where you want it too. never could get it above a
75% success rate.
Robert
At 04:45 PM 1/11/2016, you wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, rebel without a job wrote:
A guided parachute seems wonderful. I'd prefer a choppy landing near me to a choppy landing in a distant, unknown location...
The fancier gliding parachutes can also do a flare maneuver to provide a relatively gentle touchdown. Provided, that is, that you've got the sensors and controls needed to time it just right. Hardware and software for that could take a fair bit of developing.
Henry
