Talk:Joint Precision Airdrop System
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Rod57 in topic Was RAD (using both steerable, and round) a precursor
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Corrections JPADS is an autonomous GPS-denied system. It uses Terrain Relative Navigation to avoid enemy jamming of GPS signals and relies on onboard imagery to land, not GPS
More details please edit
It would be nice to know:
- What glide slope (or what forward and vertical speeds) ?
- does it do a landing flare to reduce landing shock (or like RAD, does it use a final 'round chute')?
- what wing area/size canopy do the 4 increments use ?
- are the canopies/decelerators packed and reused, or just destroyed after use ?
- is there a max drop altitude eg imposed by battery capacity ?
- any other guided airdrop system used by the US ?
- is there anything similar used by non-US military ? - Rod57 (talk) 12:53, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Was RAD (using both steerable, and round) a precursor edit
[2] says "The Rapid Aerial Delivery technique, also known as the ‘Screamer’, produced by Strong Enterprises, utilizes a small steerable ram-air drogue (RAD) parachute to drop the cargo at a 100mph (44.7 m/sec) rate of descend, navigating to a predetermined location where the main conventional parachute is deployed for the final descent." - Rod57 (talk) 13:10, 9 October 2018 (UTC)