Arnt Karlsen wrote:
..ahem, the big guys use opening shock damper rings to keep chute loads safe throughout the speed range, these rings use the chute opening loads to slow the chute opening. ;o)
Except that I heard a story recently about a guy that got himself into a bad high speed situation, deployed the chute and had is airplane shreaded to pieces. They probably have systems in place (as you suggest) to minimize potential problems, but a chute obviously can't handle every situation.
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