POT
Velocity of Air Past Rotorchute
mpactors housed
in blades
Impactors
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Under Blades
Downwash
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Velocity (Vy)
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Rocket Case
Note:
Impactors carried within the
blades are deployed and retracted
for sample collection,
Alterna-
tively, the impactors can be mounted
under the blades (as shown) or may
| Velocity of Descent (Vp)
Fig. 1 -- Schematic of Rotorchute
be mounted separately.