Brake Parachute for Mirage-2000

• The brake parachute is used to reduce the landing run of the aircraft. The brake parachute system ensures required reduction of landing run at speed not exeeding 300 kmph when system is released.Parachute deployment speeds viz NORMAL - 3000 kmph (160 knots) and EMERGENCY-390 kmph(210 knots) Recomended aircraft speed at which the parachute should be jettisioned at the end of of decelerating run -30 knots.
  
  

Canopy -Unicross design 

Across Measurement of canopy        : 5280  * 5280  mm

Length of rigging lines             : 4350 mm

Length of Connecting link           : 8000 mm

No of rigging lines                 : 32
	
BASIC MATERIAL
Ribbon Nylon 150 gm Undyed confirming to specn. No,ADRDE/Specn/1985/28

Yarn                                : Nylon 6,or 66,16.7 tex

Weave                               : Mockleno 6 * 6 

Mass(Max)gm/m2                      : 105 grams

Air porosity                        : 427 +/-60 cm3/cm2/sec