Problem with a chute

[lockpicker]

Hello all. I've been playing ksp for over a week now and i'm enjoying every second of it. Everything was running smoothly until today when i ran into an interesting problem.So i've created recently a spaceplane, which has a drogue chute in the back, just to brake when the plane lands. However the chute when deployed, it gets cut(?) and a red parachute icon replaces the one on the left. I thought at first it was because of the exhaust gases of the engines, but after retrying landing and shutting down the engines, the chute still gets cut.Screenshots:

Front view

Back view

Side view

Landing and deploying the chute. As you can see the icon on the left has turned red and there is no visible signs of a parachute.

No chute behind, also.

So, any ideas?

P.S. If this isn't the correct thread sorry, i'm new to the forums.

[Colonel_Panic]

All parachutes are automatically cut when vertical velocity equals 0. This unfortunately means they cannot be used to stop a vehicle traveling level across the ground, and will also result in the loss of chutes during a powered landing if you begin accelerating upward.

[lockpicker]

All parachutes are automatically cut when vertical velocity equals 0. This unfortunately means they cannot be used to stop a vehicle traveling level across the ground, and will also result in the loss of chutes during a powered landing if you begin accelerating upward.

Thanks for the info and the fast reply

[Robbii6]

YEah they do get cut if your vertical speed hit zero, like what Panic said ^^ but the brakes do work prettty well

[Goldham]

Chutes dont work when your Vertical speed reaches 0, if you flare while landing ( back gear touches first) you might be able to get some speed reduction.

[SnappingTurtle]

The Firespitter mod includes air brakes which you could use instead.

[Cranium]

You can assign the chute to an action group to deploy, and it will not cut until you tell it to i believe. I've never tried it, but it's worth a shot.

[m4ti140]

You can assign the chute to an action group to deploy, and it will not cut until you tell it to i believe. I've never tried it, but it's worth a shot.

Nope. It doesn't matter, they still cut when on the ground.

I would love to see a seperate braking chute in game, for use on the ground, depending on horizontal speed (when lower than e.g. 2-3 m/s cut) instead of vertical. Could be useful for improving safety on heavy spaceplanes - while runway at KSC is always long enough, crap may hit the fan and you may end up having 1/3 of runway to stop. That's why IRL shuttles had braking chutes - they could wheelbrake at 4.5 km long runway at SLF without any problem but lower roll is always safier if you can perform it.