Drogue parachute
Paracaídas de frenado
- Date
- 1912 · confidence high
- Place
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Credited to
- Gleb Kotelnikov
- Field
- Movement
What it is
Russian parachute specialist Gleb Kotelnikov devised the drogue parachute in 1912, deployed to reduce an object's speed or to pull out a larger main parachute, a forerunner of systems used in aircraft, rockets and spacecraft.
What it led to
- Spacecraft recovery systems (Mercury, Gemini)
- Stabilized ejection seats
- High-speed military aircraft braking
- Multistage parachute systems