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Remove Hard coded radius value for lateral acceleration in descent under parachute #860

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@RyanSamF

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Lateral acceleration for descent under parachute (in the function u_dot_parachute) depends on the air trapped beneath a parachute to determine the mass to divide drag force by. This added mass value depends on the radius R which is hard coded to 1.5
This causes issues with drift distance for smaller rockets and drogue parachutes leading to much higher drift distances than expected

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Either remove the hard coded value or determine radius based on a hard coded value for the coefficient of drag for a parachute, which is a much more reasonable thing to be hard coded.

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