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|The Mk12-R is a half sized radial mount version of the Mk25. This "Drogue" parachute is small, deploys high up, and certainly not enough to stop you smashing into the ground on its own, but useful for slowing craft down before the deployment of your main chutes. | |The Mk12-R is a half sized radial mount version of the Mk25. This "Drogue" parachute is small, deploys high up, and certainly not enough to stop you smashing into the ground on its own, but useful for slowing craft down before the deployment of your main chutes. | ||
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+ | This parachute differs from the others that it activates on a much higher altitude and generates more drag when not fully deployed, but it has much less drag than the others when fully deployed, often not enough to prevent a craft from crashing on the surface. That means that in addition to this parachute a second method of braking is required, like a second conventional parachute or engines. | ||
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+ | When a craft is traveling very fast, the sudden shock of being braked by a conventional parachute can cause parts to fall off of the vessel. This can be avoided by deploying a Mk25 parachute first to get the craft down to a more reasonable speed. | ||
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+ | Don't forget that parachute's efficiency depends of atmospheric density, so it won't work or even deploy in vacuum (including Munar landing). | ||
== Changes == | == Changes == |
Revision as of 05:21, 27 May 2015
Mk12-R Radial-Mount Drogue Chute | ||
Parachute by Found lying by the side of the road | ||
Radial size | Radial mounted | |
Cost | (total) | 150.00 |
Mass | (total) | 0.08 t |
Drag | 0.22 | |
Max. Temp. | 2500 K | |
Volume | ? | |
Impact Tolerance | 12 m/s | |
Research | Survivability | |
Unlock cost | 600 | |
Since version | 1.0 | |
Part configuration | parachuteMk12-R.cfg | |
Semi-deploy drag | 2 | |
Semi-deploy trigger | 0.02 atm | |
Fully-deploy drag | 100 | |
Fully-deploy trigger | 2500 m AGL | |
Max. Temp chute | 1100 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 Mk12-R Radial-Mount Drogue Chute is a parachute introduced in version 1.0.
Product description
“ | The Mk12-R is a half sized radial mount version of the Mk25. This "Drogue" parachute is small, deploys high up, and certainly not enough to stop you smashing into the ground on its own, but useful for slowing craft down before the deployment of your main chutes. | ” |
This parachute differs from the others that it activates on a much higher altitude and generates more drag when not fully deployed, but it has much less drag than the others when fully deployed, often not enough to prevent a craft from crashing on the surface. That means that in addition to this parachute a second method of braking is required, like a second conventional parachute or engines.
When a craft is traveling very fast, the sudden shock of being braked by a conventional parachute can cause parts to fall off of the vessel. This can be avoided by deploying a Mk25 parachute first to get the craft down to a more reasonable speed.
Don't forget that parachute's efficiency depends of atmospheric density, so it won't work or even deploy in vacuum (including Munar landing).
Changes
- Initial release