BATON ROUGE, Louisianna USA -- Giant Leap Rocketry has released a KEVLAR® chute pad designed for maximum protection of chutes in large diameter rockets.

The pad is hexagonal, and is about 20" across. It offers an extra margin of heat protection for parachutes in rockets that are 6" and larger in diameter. In the past, chute bags were an option for flyers needing full heat protection.

"But bags can be tricky, and most flyers are unfamiliar with them", says Ed Shihadeh of Giant Leap Rocketry. So for those flyers requiring increased protection of their recovery system, and do not want the added complexity and cost of chute bags, Giant Leap Rocketry offers the 20" KEVLAR pad.

Giant Leap Rocketry now uses KEVLAR in all its heat protectors because, Ed maintains, it has a greater heat resistance than NOMEX® — and so provides better heat protection. It also has greater strength than NOMEX, he adds, which makes them last longer and reduces the possibility of blow-through of hot gases.

The pads are available at the Giant Leap website for $9.99.

http://www.giantleaprocketry.com

KEVLAR® and NOMEX® are registered trademarks of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in the United States.