4009 Development of NEXST-1's Recovery System
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This paper reviews the designs and developments of the recovery system of the experimental airplane called NEXST-1. Since the airplane doesn't have landing gears, the recovery system is utilized for soft landing. The system comprises a pilotchute, a droguechute, three clustered mainchutes and two airbags. In the terminal phase of the experimental flight, the airplane with three mainchutes falls at about 6m/s in a horizontal posture. The landing impact is attenuated by two airbags. In this paper, the results of the development tests and the experimental flight are discussed.
