Grav Chutes, how do they work?

[CanadianGaurd]

Can anyone describe to me exactly how grav chutes work?

[Pantherhawk1]

Well this is almost like asking how a plasma gun works, or a vortex missile. I have no idea then again $5.00 says that someone in this forum has read something about it somewhere. All I know is that they are used to deploy IG on the ground, and behind enemy lines.

[Lanquis]

i thought grav chute was the fancy name for para chutes in the 41st millennium?

[chocolate]

I thought they were like "tractor beams" that troops slid down from onto the ground.

[Sir Guppy]

well as far as i know they are fancy parachutes, fancy in the way they can keep the unit attached to the shute in the air for much longer, and they can be "flown" with greater precision and accuracy, and who knows maybe they can even gain height. i believe they look much like a normal chute.

in summary grav-chute = very nice parachute

[Parasol]

As a lot of 40k is ripped off from Starship Troopers (the book), they're probably the same as the Trooper's drop shutes - a metal casing that sloughs away as they enter the atmosphere, and then a normal chute that deploys along with rockets. Or they could use anti-grav engines to slow the descent.... that would explain the name.

[Spazhazzard]

How old is the Starship Troopers book?

[Cailet]

I think (working from memory of a Stormtrooper short in an old WD) that they are small packs that reduce gravity around a soldier allowing ease of deployment. It doesn't have as much power as a jump pack, just enough to prevent you dying horribly.

$5.00 are pretty good at fortune telling aren't they.

[Vijil]

starship troopers was first published in 1959

[Dark Watcher]

It probably assumes the existance of graviton particles being responsible for gravity. Surround the person with antigravitons and their mass doesn't interact with other mass (or not as strongly) allowing to float to the ground. Sounds close enough for me

[dukes]

starship troopers was first published in 1959

And the film != book. If you haven't read it, its a great book, especially for anyone interested in sci-fi stuff (which you almost certainly are if you play 40k/like the fluff).

[Sir Guppy]

You liked the book? :argh: it was a horribly boring book. The only thing worse was the film, which for some reason had almost no resemblance to the book.

[Pantherhawk1]

I just found the film entertaining. ::Anouncer Voice:: "In the far future, humanity only fights with infantry. We have no concept of Tanks, Armored Vehicles, or Close Air support. Technologys like the Heavy Squad Portable Machinegun, and Flamethrower boggle our minds. But we have access to rocket launchers with Nuclear heads." I think that sums up startship troopers I was laughing so hard throughout that entire movie, if this is the future of the military at least grunts like me will have fun.

[peer]

Well this thread was useful.