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Old 24th Feb 2016, 17:57
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The VDV seem to prefer their reefed drogue dispatch system which may be due to the drop speed of an IL76.
The US Military jumped for decades out of the C-141 which is very similar to the IL-76 and have never (to my knowledge) used such a system. And they continue to jump out of the C-17 which has a similar jump airspeed. The C-17 is a STOL design and can fly slower than the C-141, but that requires full flaps/slats and high AOA which results in a high deck angle. The C-17 deck angle may not exceed 4 degrees during a jump which requires an airspeed similar to C-141. I doubt that IL-76 jump airspeed is significantly higher, if at all. And interestingly, they jump single stick off the Ilyushin's ramp, not double stick out of side doors. Very different in multiple ways.
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