🪂 Parachute Deployment - 2D Drag, Terminal Velocity and Opening Shock Profile
2D companion of the parachute deployment sim: integrates quadratic drag in an exponential atmosphere with a ramped canopy opening, and plots speed, altitude and g-load against analytic terminal velocity.
⚙ Under the hood
2D companion of the parachute deployment sim: integrates quadratic drag in an exponential atmosphere with a ramped canopy opening, and plots speed, altitude and g-load against analytic terminal velocity.
Parachute DropDrag ForceTerminal VelocityAtmosphere
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install