Vorticity Ltd provided the specialist parachute consulting advice to the British Antarctic Survey for their Javelin drop on the Pine Island Glacier.
The project required a parachute which would stabilise the payload and decelerate it to a precise terminal velocity to ensure it embedded correctly in the glacier.
Dr David Jones technical development leader on Project Javelin for the British Antarctic Survey, told us “Your parachutes [consulting advice], and the rest of the javelin (ADIB) project design were a huge success – we now have 30 active javelins scattered across inaccessible regions of the Antarctic.”
For further information about our terrestrial parachute consulting capability please contact Dr Steve Lingard or John Underwood.