Christopher S Horler writes: > I found a Flight International around work today when I was waiting for > someone. It has an article about an emergency parachute system on some > plane (I forget which), and I think it said you could get them for > C172's and another Cessna...
It's called the Ballistic Recovery System (BRS), and is still a little controversial. They're used mainly on ultralights (which have an unfortunate tendency to fall apart in flight), but also come standard with the Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and have been certified for use as an add-on with the C172. While the company claims hundreds of lives saved in its ads aimed at Cessna and Cirrus pilots, all of the saves were actually ultralights until a few weeks ago when a Cirrus pilot deployed the chute after losing an aileron. He lived; it's impossible to know how he would have managed without the chute, but it's worth noting that the plane was still under control when he deployed: http://www.avweb.com/newswire/news0241b.html > So how long before I can land my fgfs C172 by parachute? That's what a lot of people are afraid of -- "my engines running a little rough, better pull the chute". All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
