Sentence examples for drogue chute from inspiring English sources

Without a drogue chute, there is the risk of high speed main parachute ejection which can lead to tearing the parachute or tangling of the cords.

When there is no drogue chute, the main parachute was moved to the upper stage, resulting in a less stable rocket.

A drogue chute is released during free fall to slow the velocity to 120 miles an hour from 170 miles an hour, on a par with the rate of descent for a solo jumper.

Backshell with the drogue chute and main chute are close by.

So a pressure sensor called a barostat only lets the drogue chute pull out the main parachute when the seat is below 10,000 ft (3,000m).

A button on the steering wheel will pull a pin from the chute pack, allowing a large steel spring to force a small drogue chute out into the 650mph airflow.

The drogue chutes had opened 20 seconds earlier.

The Soyuz capsule is programmed to reach a particular position at 30,000 feet where it automatically releases drogue chutes and then a full parachute.

Drogue chutes then opened on cue to slow the fall still further, followed by the deployment of the main chutes.

Drogue chutes will be deployed before the 4 main chutes in order to slow and stabilize the capsule as it descends.

When the drogue chutes opened, we got thrown around, like three guys on the end of a towel being whipped in every direction.