April 10 , 1990 : This is what happen when you unfurl a massive chute in the world ’s orotund air current tunnel .
The Pioneer Aerospace Parafoil , also know as the Advanced Recovery System II , was examine at the 80×120 Foot Tunnel at NASA ’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View California . The facility is approximately 24 meters by 36 meters , make it the world ’s largest wind tunnel , and even then it was too little for anything but a scale framework of the parachute .
1947 : A view of the world ’s largest wind burrow at its great section . double credit : NASA
The aerodynamics test collected datum on raise , retarding force , and pitch at angle from zero to procrastinate ( 0 ° to 10 ° ) used by atmosphere drops in glide flight . An prolonged lowly test collected the same data during a flare maneuver at various get behind edge deflection and angle of attack . The recovery chute was under development in 1990 to increase the likely payload exercising weight of future missions .
Read thefull test report here .
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