A drogue parachute is a parachute designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving object in order to slow the object, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot parachute to deploy a larger parachute. It was invented by Giovanni Agusta in 1911. ==Design and operational characteristics== A drogue parachute is more elongated and has a far smaller...
[n] - a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack
Also calleda small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack. · Also calleda parachute used to slow a vehicle or aircraft.