parashute don"t work

[aashestakov]

Please help. I have steam version without mods. I made the exactly same design as in first tutorial. I press open parashute  button when it is safely on top of flight.

Nothing. Craft is crashing on ground. It must work, but it do not.

[James Kerman]

Welcome to the forum @aashestakov,

By default the parachutes will only open if you are flying slow enough for it to be safe to do so. If the parachutes stay red all the way down in the staging information (bottom left of screen) you are moving too fast to deploy. If this is so all is not lost as there are a few ways to de-orbit that might help to slow you down a bit more like coming in at a shallower angle (so that you spend more time in the atmosphere).

[aashestakov]

The parashute not appear on screen I not see it ! There is only cancel parashute  only ! Please tell me exactly what I must do to see parashute on screen after activating parashute !

Edited April 29, 2020 by aashestakov

[James Kerman]

If you look at the craft staging you will see the parachute (next to the red arrow). If this icon stays red during descent, the chutes will not deploy:

[aashestakov]

I activated parashute on maximum height of flight on small speed . Icon was light grey. I hear sound when activate. It was safely to made it. No parashute I not see!

[James Kerman]

5 minutes ago, aashestakov said:

I activated parashute on maximum height of flight on small speed

What height was that? The non drogue parachutes cannot deploy above 18,300m.

[aashestakov]

Height was 21000m Parasute was basic!

Height was 21000m   parashute was basic !

I made test on height 17000m . I don"t see parashute !

Edited April 29, 2020 by aashestakov

[James Kerman]

Well I'm stumped. An image of your craft might help.

[aashestakov]

[4x4cheesecake]

Looks like you launched straight up in the sky, that's a huge mistake.
Parachutes don't open in the second you activate them, this will just set them to be "armed" but you still need to reach a certain altitude, atmospheric pressure and speed for the chute to actually deploy. If any of these checks fails, the chute will not deploy or will be ripped apart (if you allow the chute to deploy while it's unsafe or risky).

Even though the parachute symbol is grey at the moment you activate it, you'll gain way too much speed on your way down so you will be too fast for the parachute to open safely as soon as you reach an altitude, where the parachute is supposed to deploy. Try to fly at an angle instead, maybe even reduce the thrust and fuel of the flea in the editor so you don't gain as much speed and height in the first place.
Flying at an angle will stretch out the trajectory, so you spend more time in the thicker parts of the atmosphere to slow down before the parachute can take care of your vessel.

[aashestakov]

In the second tutorial this is work. If this game is different from her tutorial my opinion about this game is lower then ground.

[4x4cheesecake]

It works in the tutorial because it still uses the old flea engine instead of the updated one. I'm not sure if the new one is supposed to be better but using the new version will allow the vessel to gain additional ~11km height (23km vs 12km) while flying straight up. This causes your vessel to accelerate more while falling back towards the ground and therefore your chute will not open.

[RoninFrog]

12 hours ago, aashestakov said:

Drag that top slider over to the left.  In your current situation they should pop out around ~8000 m (0.2 atm).  All the way to the left should deploy them anywhere below ~20000 m (0.04 atm).

Also, click on SAS (CAC in your language) on the NavBall and use the WASD keys to aim retrograde  and you should slow down a lot more since you won't be falling pointy-end-first.

Edited April 29, 2020 by RoninFrog