Originally Posted by
ORAC
Square chutes fly and can stall, they also experience much greater oscillations than a round chute. Not exactly what you want when ejecting into a turbulent airflow at unusual attitudes at low level.
Well my point was more that with a round you go where the wind takes you, but with a square you get to decide where you go - within reason of course. Having said that the possibility of being incapacitated and unable to unstow the brakes, or steer the thing or flare it on landing is a valid point
Then again, if you punched out of a two seater, with a square you could always build a two stack on the way down
and now back to regular programming . . .