Front Range Rocket Recovery

Front Range Rocket Recovery FR3 crafts custom elliptical parachutes for model rockets, specializing in creative patterns and higher gore counts. I am happy to explore options.

FR3 chutes are characterized by a high level of fit and finish with 100% flat felled seams and rolled hems to present a smooth, clean canopy and provide extra strength. I use 200 lb braided Spectra for the suspension lines. I offer designs and patterns with higher gore counts and more in-gore piecing than many other vendors. This, coupled with the seam finishing, drives my labor costs. I know I'm

more expensive than other vendors for chutes of similar diameters. I think you'll appreciate the quality and uniqueness of my offerings as worth the extra expense. If I don't have a pattern template made, feel free to ask about additional design work. I am NAR Level 2 certified, an Air Force veteran, and a one-person shop. I started FR3 as a way to support my own rocketry pursuits after receiving positive feedback on chutes I'd sewn for several of my rockets. Details of my methods and materials can be found in Apogee Component's Peak of Flight newsletter #491: https://www.apogeerockets.com/Peak-of-Flight/Newsletter491

I do not share customer email or contact numbers with third parties.

Spent some time with Jack the (seam) Ripper this morning to replace a damaged panel in a chute. I must have brushed it w...
05/12/2026

Spent some time with Jack the (seam) Ripper this morning to replace a damaged panel in a chute. I must have brushed it with my soldering iron while tacking the seam. So, R&R'd the black panel with a new one. Looks good.

I am happy to catch this blem before it left the shop. The customer deserves the best I can make for them. If you ever find a workmanship or materials flaw in my chutes, please let me know so I can make it right, even if it means a replacement chute!

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

9' chute first air. Even under a dreary, lead-grey sky this one just glows!What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build fo...
05/05/2026

9' chute first air. Even under a dreary, lead-grey sky this one just glows!

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

Glorious day flying with Score Pueblo. My scratch 3" Goblin flew well and recovered safely under a 3' "Batwing" chute, a...
05/02/2026

Glorious day flying with Score Pueblo. My scratch 3" Goblin flew well and recovered safely under a 3' "Batwing" chute, although I did just miss getting hung up in the tallest cholla cactus on the field!

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

Make sure you clean your machine from time to time. Partway through a run of shock cord protectors, the serger skipped ...
04/26/2026

Make sure you clean your machine from time to time. Partway through a run of shock cord protectors, the serger skipped a thread. Looks like accumulated trimmings caused the thread to jump over part of the looper.

Before and after, cleaned and oiled, ready to rock and roll.

Any Pink Floyd fans out there?16 gores, $3.00 per inch from 3' to 9'. What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you...
04/25/2026

Any Pink Floyd fans out there?

16 gores, $3.00 per inch from 3' to 9'.

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

Fly me to the Moon! 5' "Artemis" checkerboard heading out today. What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?
04/24/2026

Fly me to the Moon!

5' "Artemis" checkerboard heading out today.

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

5' orange and white Artemis-inspired checkerboard ready for lines. What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?
04/23/2026

5' orange and white Artemis-inspired checkerboard ready for lines.

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

Never fails. You're hard at work and QA shows up, sticks his nose into your business, and asks why you're not making fa...
04/21/2026

Never fails. You're hard at work and QA shows up, sticks his nose into your business, and asks why you're not making faster progress...

You've seen the Artemis II recovery shots. How would you like to fly your own cluster of Artemis-inspired orange and wh...
04/15/2026

You've seen the Artemis II recovery shots. How would you like to fly your own cluster of Artemis-inspired orange and white chutes?

From 3' to 9', prices are as follow:

Simple stripes $2.75 / inch of diameter
2-block checker $3 / inch
3-block checker $3.25 / inch

For sizes from 10' to 18', request a quote.

All chutes are made with 1.1 oz ripstop nylon with Spectra suspension lines and Kevlar bridles.

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

Hey, that chute looks familiar! And now I'm craving blue crab...What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?
04/12/2026

Hey, that chute looks familiar!

And now I'm craving blue crab...

What can Front Range Rocket Recovery build for you?

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