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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
This parachute behaves exactly like the [[Mk16 Parachute]], but weights 50% more. That means Mk16 parachutes should usually be preferred unless the ship design requires a radially-mounted solution.
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This parachute behaves exactly like the [[Mk16 Parachute]], but masses 50% more. Because the way how drag works, it the drag is greater with a higher mass, thus this parachute is more efficient. On the other hand the [[Mk16-XL Parachute]] masses twice as much as the Mk2-R generating a even higher drag.
  
 
Don't forget that parachute's efficiency depends of atmospheric density, so it won't work or even deploy in vacuum (including Munar landing).
 
Don't forget that parachute's efficiency depends of atmospheric density, so it won't work or even deploy in vacuum (including Munar landing).
 
Parachutes do not appear to subtract any of their mass from the craft they're attached to when they disappear post-landing.
 
 
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==

Revision as of 08:25, 29 August 2013

Mk2-R Radial-Mount Parachute
Part image
Parachute by
Found lying by the side of the road

Radial size Radial mounted
Cost (total) 400.00 Funds
Mass (total) 0.10 t
Drag 0.22
Max. Temp. 2500 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 12 m/s
Research Survivability.png Survivability
Unlock cost 2 800 Funds
Since version 0.18
Part configuration parachuteMk2-R.cfg
Semi-deploy drag 1
Semi-deploy trigger 0.04 atm
Fully-deploy drag 500
Fully-deploy trigger 1000 m AGL
Max. Temp chute 650 K
Testing Environments
On the surface No
In the ocean No
On the launchpad No
In the atmosphere Yes
Sub orbital No
In an orbit No
On an escape No
Docked No
Test by staging Yes
Manually testable No

The Mk2-R Radial-Mount Parachute is a parachute which is placed on the side of a rocket instead of the tip like most other parachutes.

Usage

This parachute behaves exactly like the Mk16 Parachute, but masses 50% more. Because the way how drag works, it the drag is greater with a higher mass, thus this parachute is more efficient. On the other hand the Mk16-XL Parachute masses twice as much as the Mk2-R generating a even higher drag.

Don't forget that parachute's efficiency depends of atmospheric density, so it won't work or even deploy in vacuum (including Munar landing).

Description

A parachute comparable to the Mk16-XL chute, but which is placed radially instead of attached on top of something.

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Changes

0.18
  • Initial release