Good Morning Everyone!
We are currently in our vehicle design stages and are trying to figure out who (companies) are the current suppliers for streamliner specific parachutes. I know from reading some of the forums that a number of manufacturers/suppliers have gone out of business. With your help I would like to understand who is currently in the game and which ones support the events with high quality products and good customer service. We will be designing the car around them and would like to count on support for many years.
Thanks,
Double A
You might consider using 3 or 4 high small high speed chutes instead of the standard 1 small and 1 large . Very little to go wrong with this combination .
John,
Thank you for the reply. This will be the first time we are working with parachutes, so starting from a small amount of know how with them. Most of the vehicles we have designed and raced use massive brakes for stopping power. We completely understand the salt can't take the braking G to stop the car and most brakes don't have the heat capacity to do so over that distance either (thus the rules requiring chutes). I reached out to Stroud just recently and will let them weigh in. I would like to know who the remaining main players are in the LSR chute business. When you say small high speed chutes.......any examples or links?
Thanks for the input,
Double A
Multiple standard high speed chutes that a streamliner would use .
Silly question time?.how fast you looking to go ?
Stroud Safety has a long time reputation in Bob has passed but family members are still involved I will be able to tell you more soon as I am Go for the 9 system n harness Sparky
Does Simpson still make and sell chutes?
Quote from: 7707 on August 29, 2025, 08:27:48 PM
Silly question time?.how fast you looking to go ?
The quickest configuration we will be planning on running is I/BFS and right now that record is 315 and change.
Double A
Quote from: SPARKY on August 30, 2025, 05:14:09 AM
Stroud Safety has a long time reputation in Bob has passed but family members are still involved I will be able to tell you more soon as I am Go for the 9 system n harness Sparky
I have confirmation, Bob is still with us and doing well.