Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
At the beginning of May, the drop test of the Compass recovery system took place. At an altitude of 500m, a dummy with the dry mass of Compass was thrown out of a model aircraft. The drogue chute decelerated the dummy down to 26 m/s and the main chute to 3.3 m/s. The parachutes had already been tested in the IAG wind tunnel and the drogue parachute ejection system on the ground a few weeks ago. The aim of this overall test was to verify the forces that occur with the simulation and to ensure that Compass can be recovered safely.
At the beginning of May, the drop test of the Compass recovery system took place. At an altitude of 500m, a dummy with the dry mass of Compass was thrown out of a model aircraft. The drogue chute decelerated the dummy down to 26 m/s and the main chute to 3.3 m/s. The parachutes had already been tested in the IAG wind tunnel and the drogue parachute ejection system on the ground a few weeks ago. The aim of this overall test was to verify the forces that occur with the simulation and to ensure that Compass can be recovered safely.
