Oh chute!

[PB666]

should be more like oh chute, here little chute please wont you open for me before we both go splat.

I was just going through early game hard mode in an effort to conserve resources i cut the fuel back for the first launches to the minimum required. This turned out not to work the way i wanted.

First, the chutes will not fully open if you deploy them below the set altitude. Even if you deploy them at apogee, they still wont open.

So I thought I would lower the inflation altitude. This also did not work if you set the altitude lower the chutes come out, but fail to open before hitting the ground even if they were close to apogee when they were deployed.

I know from past experience this used to work, and i know you can set the altitude higher and they will deploy. I had some problem with 1.02 with the preset, in some circumstances gear/chute combos were one chute was inadequate to safely land by itself. This was solved by increasing altitude.

Now it seems there are more rigid constraints on when and how the chutes will deploy.

[Reactordrone]

There has been a noticeable downturn in the quality of parts coming from the suppliers and safety procedures have had to be changed to reflect the poor quality of the parts. Personally I think it's a scam to get us to buy more drogue chutes.

[eurybaric]

Don't open the chutes that high. They'll rip. And too fast for you to notice what happened. I open my chutes at around 6000m maybe, or like 350 m/s max speed.

Cheers!

[Alshain]

Yep, drouge chutes have a reason for existing now. I just wish they would add some combination chutes so you would have less parts.

[windows_x_seven]

Try opening the chutes at lower speeds, I usually open them near 250 m/s, using FAR. You can also use drogue chutes, or more interestingly, airbrakes, that can help you slow down during re-entry and landing.