I need help on deciding what size chute to use on my new rocket. It's a Polecat 4" MIM-23B Army Hawk. It should weigh in around 6.5 to 7.0 lbs. That's with it trimmed for flight and some weight for spent motor a chute. It's motor ejection and I'll be using it for my level two cert. flight at MHM.
1. What size chute?
2. What brand recommendations?
Ron Dreasher
Im gong to throw this out , but there there are also
calculation on this issue. It also depends if your doing duel deploy or motor ejection. For 7 pounds i would say a 6' parachute is good. Saying this becasue my Denali weighed 25 pounds and i put a 15' main and a 3' drouge ( Thnak you John Wilke ) . IF you go on google try a " Decente rate calculator or similar to that.
For dual deploy, I would go with a Rocket Rage RRQS15 as a main. It's rated for 15lbs, so it'll come in soft, but that's my preference for dual. For single, a 54"-72" parachute would be great (it'll float quite a bit on a 72" though). I've had good luck with PML, and spherachutes look really nice (I haven't flown my 72" spherachute yet, but it looks amazing). Skyangles are nice too - you would want about a 44" or a 52" to get the right descent rate because of their design. They take more space to pack though.
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