[EXTREMELYHARD] Try get a deployed parachute into space

[Teh_Miner101]

Jeb has challenged you to get a deployed parachute into space. Sure they are easy to take up but can you do it while the parachute is open? Even Jeb couldn't pull this off. (alive) He would sure be amazed to see an average kerbal like you pull off this challenge.

OBJECTIVE:

Get a deployed parachute above 70km. It must be fully deployed. You should deploy your parachutes after lift-off otherwise it doesn't work. Gain points with each fully deployed parachute you manage to get into space.

RULES

1. Stock parts only.

2. Use the small parachute only. Not the new 0.16 parachute. You can use more than one if you want to.

3. The parachute must be FULLY deployed. You can do it partially deployed but its way too easy.

4. Make sure it gets above 70km so it's safely out of the atmosphere.

5. The parachute must not be destroyed during the whole flight.

6. To validate your completion of the challenge, take a screenshot or make a video of the parachute being above 70km.

I wish you all good luck in this challenge, remember this is declared to be EXTREMELYHARD so you may get ragey with it. Good luck again.

Leaderboard | Parachutes:

1. VincentLaw --- 1

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Edited September 15, 2012 by Teh_Miner101
Added Leaderboard

[lucidLemon]

12 is a far better number of chutes.

Here's the pic, it's an SSTO and could probably carry a bunch more chutes

In order to make the challenge harder, reward only full deployments or rank by number of parachutes.

The trick is to deploy a little below the parachute's trigger height. It's about 20km, I think.

[Teh_Miner101]

Wow I didn't realise it would be that easy. We are going to go with fully deployed chutes then. Good job on 12 though

[Apotheosist]

I Just tried this challenge, it was surprisingly easy, I got to 75km with parachute partially deployed. Now I'm trying it fully deployed. Ok, teh parachute just disappeard when i tried it fully-deployed.

[Teh_Miner101]

Alright I changed the rules to fully deployed chutes only. You can do partially deployed but its way to easy

[lucidLemon]

Yeah, I'd recommend a leaderboard with ranking based on number of fully deployed chutes, just one caused the same design to implode.

Also, add a tip in the main post to deploy your parachute after takeoff, otherwise it doesn't work.

Edited September 15, 2012 by lucidLemon

[Teh_Miner101]

Added to the post

[VincentLaw]

A little bit overkill, but I got it in space.

[Teh_Miner101]

Wow nice one. Can you add more chutes? I added you to the leaderboard

Edited September 15, 2012 by Teh_Miner101

[RC1062]

Time to change 'Extremely Hard' to 'Surprisingly Easy'?

Well ok, it ain't that easy. But very fun. A possible way to simulate thicker atmospheres?

[Bluejayek]

Time to change 'Extremely Hard' to 'Surprisingly Easy'?

Well ok, it ain't that easy. But very fun. A possible way to simulate thicker atmospheres?

Better would be to cfg edit all parts to have a higher drag factor, that would directluy simulate it. The problem with doing it this way is that a parachute can tear parts off and such.

[Colderjake1524]

Better would be to cfg edit all parts to have a higher drag factor, that would directluy simulate it. The problem with doing it this way is that a parachute can tear parts off and such.

Yes, and you can change the height that it deploys at in the config also

[Jason Patterson]

With stock parts I managed to get 8 of them above the atmosphere.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Jason Patterson

[Banbite]

Wasn't that hard, managed to get 4 parachutes to 160 km. The trick is to add a lot of fuel tanks and go up slowly (not that you have a choice) and I also choosed to use a lot of boosters.

And the craft file if anyone is interested:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43645966/Parachuter.craft

[Designer225]

Seriously, did you forget something? That some people broke VincentLaw's record. Find it in this thread!