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Types of Parachutes

Annular Parachutes
Annular Parachutes

Rescue parachute: lightweight Annular EVO Our development progress, especially in material development, resulted in essential advantages regarding weight reduction and strength. In our Annular EVO series we use a new, extremely light and highly tensile fabric and lines, thus achieve a weight reduction of 30% compared to Annular Classic.

Cruciform Parachutes
Cruciform Parachutes

Early parachute designs predominantly-used silk in parachute production due to its light weight and strength, but silk has largely been replaced by modern materials. Fabric and geometrical permeability are carefully considered during the design phases of the parachute.

Ram-air Parachutes
Ram-air Parachutes

Ram-air parachutes are full of air. Ram-air parachutes are a type of parafoil parachute or canopy, used to lower one’s descent speed so that safe arrival on the ground can be achieved, or to glide in the air, although those used for gliding purposes are typically called a ‘paraglider’.

Rogallo-Wing Parachutes
Rogallo-Wing Parachutes

The Rogallo wing is most often seen in toy kites, but has been used to construct spacecraft parachutes, sport parachutes, ultralight powered aircraft like the trike and hang gliders. Rogallo had more than one patent concerning his finding; the due-diligence expansion of his invention involved cylindrical formats, multiple lobes, various stiffenings, various nose angles, etc.

Round-Type Parachutes
Round-Type Parachutes

Although round parachutes have at times been among the most popular type of parachutes, ...