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PARACHUTE SYSTEMS
PARACHUTE SYSTEMS
Sometimes losing all your expensive electronics on your UAV is not an option. Never a 100% failsafe option (due to the infinite number of possible failures) the implementation of a parachute recovery system is one way to save the airframe and onboard components if there is an in-flight emergency. We have designed two basic types for both active and passive deployment.
Aero Telemetry has provided several different types and styles of Parachute Recovery Systems that have been implemented on many different unmanned air vehicle projects.
RECOVERY PARACHUTE SYSTEMS
Aero Telemetry designs and manufactures flight termination and vehicle recovery parachute systems for many applications. The Cross-X Series™ of high-speed canopies are Commercial Off The Shelf stock items.
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Round Canopy for Air Vehicle Recovery
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Payload Decelerators
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Drogue Chute- Active/Passive
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Ballistic Deployment Devices
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Pyrotechnic Timing Devices Cross-X Series™ High Speed Flight Termination Parachute Systems
CROSS-X SERIES™
HIGH SPEED FLIGHT TERMINATION
PARACHUTE SYSTEMS
REF: ANT-T-ESTA1
THE CROSS-X SERIES™ PARACHUTES CAN SAVE A PLANE IF:
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Onboard battery fails (fail safe mode fire)
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Uplink Radio interference (fail safe mode fire)
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Control surface mechanical failure
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Engine failure away from field
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Control surface servo failure
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Control loss from stalls or spins
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Can be deployed without the use of ballistics and at slow speed
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Can be programmed into fail safe mode in case of control loss
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Active drogue chute is spring loaded
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Pyrotechnic timing devices available
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Pyrotechnic cutting devices available
BASIC SYSTEMS
10N, 12N, 16P+, 20P Applications for 20-200 lb. airframe
Average system weight: 14.5 oz. for 12N
Design: 10, 12, 16 or 20 ft. diameter Cross-X design (Cruciform Non-Spin)
Material: F-111 Nylon low porosity ripstop or Zero-P
Suspension Lines: 9 ft. spectra 725 lb test 1000 lb or swaged cable optional
Stitching: 15 lb. tensile strength nylon thread
Reinforcement Type: 3 1/2" 200 lb test nylon tape stitched to edges Kevlar optional
Total Weight: 12.00 oz. - 10N, 14.50 oz. -12N, 18.20 oz. for 16P+, 5 lbs. - 20P
PERFORMANCE DATA
Descent Rate: 8 - 20 feet/second depending on weight of plane & attach point
Minimum Opening Height: 50 ft. (drogue chute addition allows for faster deployment)
Minimum Opening Time: 3 seconds without ballistics (drogue chute addition allows for faster deployment)
Minimum Opening Speed: 35 mph without ballistic deployment
Maximum Opening Speed: 140 kts
Maximum Vehicle Weight: 55 lbs. for 10N; 130 lbs for 16P+; 200 lbs for 20P+
HIGH SPEED
FLIGHT TERMINATION PARACHUTES
10" SYSTEM
REF: P-10N
For payloads from 20 - 50 lbs. Assembled 10' main parachute, suspension lines, riser and soft pouch pack.
The Cross-X Series™ main canopy is constructed out o F-111 Nylon or "Zero-P" material. Other materials available upon request.
$595
12" SYSTEM
REF: P-12N
For payloads to 100 lbs. Assembled 12' main parachute, suspension lines, riser and soft pouch pack. Note: For maximum effort applications, where space is not as critical, the 16P+ offers the lowest "feet per second" descent rate when used with payloads less than 100 lbs.
The Cross-X Series™ canopy is constructed out of F-111 Nylon or "Zero-P" material. Other materials available upon request.
$895
F16" SYSTEM
REF: P-16N
For payloads to 130 lbs. Zero-P and Kevlar reinforced. Assembled 16' Main Parachute, suspension lines, riser and soft pouch pack. Note: For maximum effort applications, the 16P+ offers the lowest "feet per second" descent rate when used with payloads less than 100 lbs.
The Cross-X Series™ main canopy is constructed out of F-111 Nylon or "Zero-P" material. Other materials available upon request.
$1395
F20" SYSTEM
REF: P-20N
For payloads to 200 lbs. Zero-P and Kevlar reinforced. Assembled 20' Main Parachute, suspension lines, riser and soft pouch pack.
The main canopy is constructed out of F-111 Nylon or "Zero-P" material.
$2395
SLOW SPEED VEHICLE
RECOVERY PARACHUTES
115 FOOT ROUND CANOPY RECOVERY PARACHUTE SYSTEM
REF: P-15
Vehicle recovery, slow speed deployment, round canopy parachute. Assembled 15' Main Parachute, deployment bag, risers, french links, & drogue chute.
$895
ACTIVE DROGUE CHUTE
REF: P-DRS
Active Drogue Chute with riser and internal coil spring for fastest deployment.
$145
PASSIVE DROGUE CHUTE
REF: P-DRP
Drogue Chute performance is critical to main canopy deployment. Passive Drogue Chute, riser and french links are included as optional items on all of the main canopies listed in this catalog.
$75