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For storm-survival purposes and after reading the USCG Report CG-D-20-
87 we're going to add a series drogue to the inventory. In stead of
one huge parachute which can be hard to deploy and at times will leave
you without any braking-effect, we choose the line with many little
chutes that will yield braking-effect in any circumstance.
Looking at prices (way over 2,000 euro's for a 120m line with 160
little 5" chutes made of cloth) and convinced this isn't rocket
science, we are thinking about building our own. The moderate forces
on one single cone permit a DIY project in my view. My goal is a 120
meters of 18 mm 3-braid, nylon line with 150 cones spliced into it.
Any experience here with a DIY series drogue? I am interested in the
exact cone-pattern, type of cloth and thread you used and also the way
you spliced each cone into the line.
Fair winds,
Len.
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