DEVICE FOR DROPPING HEAVY LOADS FROM FLYING VEHICLES Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: space technology and aircraft engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has parachute system 2 for dropping load 3 of a wide load mass range, powder engine 1 providing soft landing of load 3 with the maximum mass of the range. Parachute system 2 has cord 4 fastened to the edge of a canopy of parachute system 2 and used for increasing the load drop velocity by reduction of the midsection area of the parachute canopy. Increase in load velocity at the instant powder engine 1 is started compensates for reduction in the mass of load 3 by a value of the required engine impulse. EFFECT: widened mass range of landing loads. 2 dwg