GunRiot, Page 45
The following is an excerpt from AutoLife Magazine, a monthly periodical that covers the automotive industry with in-depth reviews, analysis, features, auto show reporting, and advice for car owners and buyers. [Originally published 25 years ago—two weeks before the Kurtow earthquake]
Atolon Motors, a rising name in the automotive industry, has recently opened a manufacturing plant in Pallad City’s Kurtow district. According to a spokesperson at Atolon, the first vehicles the plant is schedule to assemble will be their RT-38 sports luxury model coupe, the AVT-11 Series sedan, and their much publicized NETI Z2 sports utility model.
GunRiot. Story by Midnight. Art by Kuraikabe1990.
Oh boy. Now, you dead!
lol. That particular parachute’s not meant for steering.
I’ve said it before, your attention to detail in the description/commentary/backstory box is just ridiculously awesome! All the industry “reviews” of vehicles, marketing materials for weapons, press releases from the military contractors, just friggin fantastic! As a major car geek, I’d love to hear more about Atolon, whether they were able to relocate and survive after the earthquake, or if the wrecked factory building in Kurtow is all that remains.
And not that it’s too much work or anything (insert LOL emoji), but I’d love to see a full-line brochure or other marketing materials on Atolon’s vehicle lineup (current or former).
Steering a parachute? Toggles and risers which any current/modern parachute has.
You’re talking about a Ram Air Parachute, right? The rectangular ones? Yeah, those are nice and since you can land softly with those, they are the go-to parachutes for civilians. Amazingly enough, the military kept using the round parachutes (the T10) until about 2010. The T11 ‘chute is a cruciform design (sort of a tall, squared off design).
I suspect the T10 and T11 chutes are used for army para-jumpers (and bigger ones for cargo). Special forces are given the more expensive ram air parachutes (they NEED the precision). However, by NO means am I an expert (the previous paragraph info was quickly looked up).
Suffice it to say, depending on the age of the military cargo plane, I can easily see an old T10 chute lying around in there; though if that is an old T10 chute, she’s in for a rough landing (assuming it stays intact to that point O.O ).
No just regular round canopies. My jumping days are long over. But of the different parachutes we used in the on base jump clubs there were several of the round type the T-10 being the most common and easy to pack and jump. All of them had steering toggles though. Several designs for rectangular chutes and they are like, the hot rods of the skies.