Testing the parachute, revisited.

We don’t want to destroy the SF0, so we thought of making a testing platform for the parachute deployment system. It has the same dimensions as the space available in the SF1 for the parachute, we can now test our free-fall sensor, springs… everything that in case something is wrong in Kiruna during the flight, to be sure that the parachute will be deployed successfully.

Testing platform for the parachute.

As the previous tests, we will do them from the roof of our building, using the PVC gray rails in the photo to launch the “missile” with the parachute in it.

Héctor and Santiago making the testing platform