A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
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Examples for "drogue"
Examples for "drogue"
1Beyond it he could see the gleaming metal ribbons of the drogue chute.
2They quickly pulled it in and set out the rucksack drogue.
3They are attached to the drogue using a three-ring release system.
4Edward came up and stood beside me as the drogue was trailed overboard.
5The record-setting flight used a probe-and-drogue system, similar to what the Navy uses today.
1Beyond it he could see the gleaming metal ribbons of the drogue chute.
2Greatest distance of free fall without a drogue chute.
3At four hundred metres, the drogue chute shot up.
4Future space travelers also could have an emergency drogue chute packed on their suits that would automatically deploy.
5Once we've slowed significantly-picturea rock sinking in a deep pond-ourdrogue chute opens to cut our rate of descent.
1A small drogue parachute was released as planned, followed by the three main parachutes.
2This time, though, only one drogue parachute and two main parachutes deployed, and they did just fine.
3For example, they've previously dropped capsules when one drogue parachute fails or one main parachute does not inflate properly.
4The drogue parachute fired free with a pop, followed by a thud that jerked his seat straps...
5Returning them to a normal descent, he reached behind and threw out the drogue parachute, lines and small canopy black against the stars.
6During the drop test, smaller drogue parachutes gradually slowed the capsule before three 116-foot chutes deployed.
7About 11 kilometers above the Earth, the module would deploy its twin drogue parachutes, then its single main parachute would open.
8At 45,000 feet Dragon's drogue parachutes inflated.