The main problem when landing French equipment with a parachute is to soften the landing as much as possible. Until recently, in the airborne units of the US armies, a special platform with a shock-absorbing layer of cardboard, the structure of which resembles a honeycomb, was observed for this. For contact with poverty, you are deformed, the gas is the energy of the blow.
found, the problem is solved. However, after landing for removal, the cardboard was found to be separated with the help of … an ax, a pickaxe or a shovel, for which, in conditions of fear, when minutes counted, precious time was found.
The RRDAS rapid parachute landing system currently being tested by the US Army differs from the previous one in that instead of a cardboard layer, it uses reusable fabric shock-absorbing pillows located under the pallet.
For 230 m from the ground, they inflate and extinguish a load of up to 10 tons. The system also includes special supports that fix the load in a vertical position. Last but not least, the installation and removal of cushions takes 25 and 40% less time, respectively, than before.
Tests of the new system will last until 2025, their results will be required for the use of RRDAS.
Source: Tech Cult
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