She drew back the parafoil and thickened the body. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
"There was no drogue chute or parafoil," said a JPL spokesman. From Wordnik.com. [September 2004] Reference
These days we're dropping beans to troops on steerable parafoil style parachues. From Wordnik.com. [The 1990 Augustine Commission Revisited - NASA Watch] Reference
He gripped the guidance handles of his parafoil and directed himself toward the far edge of the outcropping. From Wordnik.com. [The Thieves of Darkness] Reference
And after that, they would pull out a parafoil, and the spacecraft then would basically sail down quite slowly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2004] Reference
It didn't take the creatures long to clean up the after'thoughts of his meal and return to the sky on parafoil wings. From Wordnik.com. [Sentenced To Prism]
I recall reading that the decision to go with the parafoil was motivated by a desire to increase the number of potential landing locations. From Wordnik.com. [Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch] Reference
I personally was responsible for arming the pyrotechnics that deployed the parafoil and witnessed every landing of all three atmospheric vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [Abbey Lane: They're Back - NASA Watch] Reference
Weight may have also pointed to the decision to go with the parafoil, would a full-scale CRV have had an excessive (for lifting bodies) landing speed?. From Wordnik.com. [Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch] Reference
With the parafoil deployed and stabilized, the bottom two-thirds of his penetrator slipped smoothly from his body, the reentry canister plummeting groundward. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial-Strength Kites Could Pull Floating Power Plants] Reference
The parafoil spread above him, capturing the air and guiding it across its airfoils, allowing Michael to control his descent and direction as if he were flying. From Wordnik.com. [The Thieves of Darkness] Reference
Maybe Chastain 's parafoil would catch the strong surface winds and drag him around the countryside; it was windy enough to threaten both men with that prospect. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
His parafoil dumped its load and collapsed, only to flutter erect with fitful gusts of air, tugging Chastain's large body across the dung-spotted terrain in slow jerks. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The nearer animals surged against their neighbors, and soon a circular area within two hundred meters of the fallen man's flapping parafoil was clear of the large beasts. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The control surfaces on it were needed where the X-38 (the one you showed was the first atmospheric one, the aft shape changed with V-131R) had the parafoil for additional steering. From Wordnik.com. [Abbey Lane: They're Back - NASA Watch] Reference
DARPA researcher Elana Ethridge described how e-textiles might instead be used in a precision-guided battlefield parafoil that uses variable porosity and a pneumatic spoiler to adapt to shifting winds and temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [E-Fabrics Still Too Stiff to Wear] Reference
In March, Brooklyn-based defense contractor Atair Aerospace announced the first successful demonstration of flocking and swarming techniques in a UAV, after dropping five computer-guided Onyx parafoil gliders in an experiment funded by the U.S. Army. The company says the parafoils can be released from 35,000 feet, autonomously glide as a flock for 30 miles, then land together within 150 feet of a preprogrammed target. From Wordnik.com. [Linux Powers Airborne Bots] Reference
His parafoil collapsed around him like the wings of a shot bird. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The NI-100N is retrieved by soft landing, with the assistance of a parafoil and inflatable airbag. From Wordnik.com. [News From DefenseNews.com] Reference
This article gives you the run down on how to get off the ground with a delta or parafoil stunt kite. From Wordnik.com. [All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content] Reference
The car's "ParaWing" utilizes a parafoil design, which is safer than the traditional, rigid wing design. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science] Reference
The report emerged just days before the X-38 made its most ambitious drop test and parafoil glide flight on 13 December as. From Wordnik.com. [HEADLINES] Reference
During its early days, kiteskating involved using Rollerblades and four-line controllable parafoil kites that offered a fast and thrilling ride. From Wordnik.com. [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference
The SkyCar by Parajet is one the first street-legal flying cars; it adopts the latest technology in high speed, self stabilising, parafoil design. From Wordnik.com. [Car Body Design - News] Reference
Moving now to local UAV systems, the CQ-10 Snow Goose uses a textile, parafoil-wing for urgent supplies to Special Forces operating in unfriendly territory. From Wordnik.com. [The Adam Smith Institute Blog] Reference
When a few hundred meters over the programmed drop zone, the parafoil is released and the parachute deploys, bringing the pallet (with up to five tons of supplies) down within a hundred meters of the programmed landing point. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
Parajet attributes the development of the SkyCar to recent advancements in flexible-wing technology and parafoil design, saying that they allow for more precise handling and increased safety compared to conventional rigid wings. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
When a few hundred meters over the programmed drop zone, the parafoil is released and the parachute deploys, bringing the pallet (with up to five tons, or more, of supplies) down within 50-75 meters of the programmed landing point. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
After the pallet is pushed out of the aircraft, but before the parachute is deployed, the pallets first release a parafoil (a parachute that can be controlled in such a way that the user can gain altitude and travel over long distances), and the pallet descends at about 44 meters a second (from an altitude of about 6,000 meters, safely away from any ground fire), guided towards the landing point. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
The Association for Innovative Propulsion Concepts is now testing the SkySail parafoil, a type of kite that supplements the engines of a cargo ship — and that’s caught PM’s attention once again. From Wordnik.com. [Wind-Powered Rotor Ships Were Maritime Breakthrough of the 20s « Isegoria] Reference
X-38 looked like what we might expect from a modern entry vehicle, however the subsonic lift was just too small for a wheeled landing, which drove them in the direction of a huge parafoil #with lots of problems) for landing. From Wordnik.com. [Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch] Reference
"X-38 looked like what we might expect from a modern entry vehicle, however the subsonic lift was just too small for a wheeled landing, which drove them in the direction of a huge parafoil #with lots of problems) for landing.". From Wordnik.com. [Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch] Reference
Their invention, the Parajet Skycar, combines a dune-buggy like automobile with a propeller and a parafoil (similar to those used in powered parachutes and by. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
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