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Chute Deployment for First Timer
denverflatheader:
Palli P, that makes 2 of us enjoying learning from this forum. I think our race rules require one chute over 150mph and two chutes over 200mph (like Jon said above). If you have a good drag racing 12 foot chute available in your locale, I’d probably install it. Just a thought (your new fed build) even more important than having a parachute is assuring it’s mounted proper to chassis : ) Alan
dusterdave173:
I hear that Stroud style chutes open softer and are easy to repack--I have a new Simpson because I bought it for a sweet deal--it has lots of lines and I can see how the other styles may be a little easier to live with.
I rather doubt I will need a chute to stop--If my car goes faster than 8.50 it will be a miracle--I am thinking with a 5.60 1/8th I will just break into the 8's maybe.
But..I feel like folks that come to see a FED run deserve to see the Chute--I posted this on our club website and added that I thought since we Were the Show that we all should pop the chutes each run
Boy..that went over not so well--I got comments like use for me and car safety only etc
I was not expecting that
I just want to be comfortable with every aspect of my car and did not want to toss chute first time and wind up in the weeds because I did not know some fact like not with a crosswind or some such--you get the idea
Glad this post is helping more than just me
Thanks for all the info gang!
hemidakota:
I just did lic passes in march and ran 7.92 @ 171 on second hit and pulled chute just before stripe and drove into it. had to look to see if chute was out after pass. single chute. was not what I expected at all. just was expecting much more I guess or was just too pumped up either way it was very cool.
rooman:
hemidakota,
my first time took a while. When I drove in the late 60's/ early 70's it was a restricted category six cylinder car and there was no need for a chute as it only run a bit over 120 mph. When I finally got back into a car nearly 40 years later it was a nostalgia top fuel dragster and the first time that I went fast enough to feel that I needed the chute was on the full pull run for my license. 186 mph and two 12' chutes put my head in the dash (not literally but it sure felt that way).
Roo
gregm784:
I made a habit of pushing the chute lever forward at the MPH cone (66 before the stripe). Just something easy for this dumb dumb to remember. I bought my car with two chutes on it, and i pull both each time (one lever, two wires). Why? because it makes bitchen pictures.
I can stop fine with no chute, with one chute, and with two chutes i JUST make the first turnout @ Famoso. :)
1880# car, 178mph, 7.60 index car
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