Purpose of pilot chute mesh

[KindredSpirit 0]

Why do pilot chutes have mesh on the bottom? I think I know the answer but I'm not sure. (To keep it from turning inside out?)

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[azureriders 0]

some older millitary PCs had lines instead of mesh. The mesh serves the same purpose as lines would, with 0 chance of entanglement. Or atleast that is my understanding.

[SCR10480 0]

Right you are! Intanglement/inversion isn't possible with mesh. Sure does gather twigs and leaves good too.

[JohnMitchell 16]

Also to make it harder to get snagged or caught on something, like a foot, etc.

[skydiverek 63]

From Bill Booth, close to the topic discussed here:

"To be reasonably "stable", drogues need some sort of venting around their "equator". I tried a no-mesh drogue years ago (similar to a Vector reserve pilot chute). It orbited above me in wildly osccillating eight foot circles. It was quite a ride. The other reason all holes in our drogue are covered with mesh, is that TM's often have to dump their reserve pilot chutes past a drogue in tow, and I don't want any snag points to catch that reserve pilot chute.

It is a lot of extra work to "mesh in" all drogue openings, so we only do it because we have to. We use the toughest mesh we can find, and quite often it outlasts other parts of the drogue."

[skydiverek 63]

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It is a lot of extra work to "mesh in" all drogue openings, so we only do it because we have to.

BTW, quite different from the Strong drogue.

[labrys 0]

I always assumed it was so that you could get it inflated. Without the mesh how would it fill with air and generate the drag to pull the pin?

Owned by Remi #?

[phoenixlpr 0]

Check reserve pilot chutes! Some of them coming withont mesh, but a big intake.

[riggerrob 643]

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Check reserve pilot chutes! Some of them coming without mesh, but a big intake.

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i.e. reserve pilot chute in Vector II and Vector III. ... also referred to as a "ballute."

[labrys 0]

Ah, okay.

Owned by Remi #?

[skydiverek 63]

Check the "Reserve PC design: fabric to mesh ratio?" thread here:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1555332#1555332