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Re:Midair Collision over Denver by MauranKilom on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:42AM (#27140988)
I would expect the problem to be "mass goes up with size cubed, while parachute drag only goes up with size squared". I.e. you need a disproportionately larger chute (or more of them) for large aircraft. Those are dead weight in normal operation, which really hurts the economics.

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