Originally Posted by rhklenke

I have not had that kind of difficulty with mine. I did have a few cords come loose, but threading them back into the chute and hitting them with a drop of thick CA fixed that. Mine is quite dirty and a bit frayed from use, but actually, that's scale...

The chute is kind of fun, but its a scale detail used for its cool-factor, not to stop the aircraft. I only use it when I'm doing a flight at an event or demo, for day-to-day flying, its not worth it.





Packing the chute with a bit of talc on it gives a very satisfying "puff of smoke" when the chute deploys which the spectators seem to like. I don't drop my chute, but simply drag it back to the flight line and then pick it up and carry it back behind the plane to the pits after shutdown. I only use it on hard-surface, not grass for that reason. Whether or not it stays inflated on taxi back depends on the direction and strength of the wind vs. the turbine exhaust. If its *really* windy, I don't use it because the wind will blow it back into the airplane on taxi-back and it can get wrapped around things like the landing gear...

Bob