>There are quite a few cases where you want the parachute to drop straight down. Model rocketry, for example. You don't want your rocket to drift miles on its

>There are quite a few cases where you want the parachute to drop straight down. Model rocketry, for example. You don't want your rocket to drift miles on its chute. However this is mostly solved by 2 stage deploy (drogue deployed at apogee, then full size chute deployed near ground).