B2 Rocketry Company Cert 3 Parachute

B2 Rocketry Company - Cert 3 Parachute {Component}

Contributed by Douglas Gerrard

Published: 2010-11-13
Manufacturer: B2 Rocketry Company
Extreme Rocketry

T' followin' excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". Well, blow me down! T' intention is t' allow guests t' get a basic feelin' about a kit. Arrr! We strongly suggest that you get a copy o' t' referenced Extreme Rocketry and read t' entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. Begad! For more information, me bucko, ya bilge rat, me hearties, use t' link above.


(Extreme Rocketry - November/December 2000 - Page 46 - by Douglas Gerrard) 

Pic"Sky Angle introduced their Cert-3 chutes…with a few changes from their traditional chutes."
"…have four lines instead o' t' three…."
"Sky Angle Cert-3 chutes include a highly reflective aluminized urethane coatin' on t' outside o' t' side panels while t' inside o' t' panels is black."
"…easily visible under any launch and recovery conditions."
"Each line is made from 5/8" tubular nylon...attached t' a nickel-plated swivel rated at 1500 pounds."
"…O-rin' sewn in at t' top o' t' canopy for attachin' a drogue chute."
Pic"…convenient sewn in label identifyin' the size o' t' chute."
"T' Cert-3 chutes come in three sizes, me hearties, Large (57 square feet), X-Large (89 square feet), ya bilge rat, and XX-Large (129 square feet). Ya scallywag! Blimey! Their weights are 2.1 lbs., 2.8 lbs., shiver me timbers, and 3.8 lbs., respectively."
"Sky Angle now offers a deployment bag t' match t' extremely well designed Cert-3 chutes…for protection while providin' reliable, tangle free deployment"
"They responded promptly t' e-mail messages and returned phone calls…."

T' article further discusses t' required body tube compartments needed for storage o' the three-sized chutes. T' article also goes in t' detail regardin' t' research completed testin' descent rates for t' chutes. Overall, t' article suggests these are good chutes for use in level three certifications.

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M.R.S. (June 22, 2005)
The review was right on. I found it to be very accurate in it's content. I used this same chute on my L-3 flight as well as all test flights with the 18lb rocket (less motor).All flights with this chute were used with a deployment bag with great success. When packing the chute into the bag I used the instructions that came with it and it worked each and every time. I found it to be a little tight in the 5.5" LOC tube but the deployment was a slow one with no zipper to the tube. The deployment from 77 f/s to a final decent rate of 29 f/s under full chute took some 400'and some time but it looked great when you see the 24" L-3 B2 drouge pilot chute pull the main out and you can start breathing again.

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