If you haven't seen it yet, check out the Orion splashdown video CLICK HERE
When I designed the Odd'l Rockets multi-sized parachutes I based them on the Centuri Saturn V chutes. The Centuri chutes had 64 printed gores in alternating red and white.
64 gores on an model rocket sized 18" parachute looked too busy so I settled for 32 panels.
I was very surprised to watch the Orion splashdown video and see the three red and white parachutes.
All three chutes are slightly different. But in the (above left) picture, the right side parachute looks like the Odd'l parachute! Or vice-versa. It wasn't planned this way, sometimes things just work out.
The parachute kits are available from JonRocket, Balsa Machining Service, Apogee, Uncle Mike's Rocket Shack and in the Pigasus and Little Green Man kits.
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