Hey Guys, It just so happens that while going through paper work that I have acquired over the past 20 years now I discovered a design for the KR2 ballistic chute ?installation. I will send it to Mark L to post where he thinks it fits in his glossary of KR stuff. ??Jeff ... on a personnel note I am very sorry for all your losses. Those are though things to grasp and understand to those left standing. Joe Horton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Scott via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: "Jeff Scott" <jscott.planes at gmx.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:33:18 AM Subject: Re: KR> parachutes If one is giving serious thought to always flying with a parachute, I would recommend giving serious consideration to engineering in a BRS system from the beginning. In a KR, I would think that would mean extending the engine mount and cowl in order to accommodate the additional weight of the BRS system under the turtle deck. ? Look at the number of "saves" claimed by Cirrus.? A big part of buying a Cirrus Aircraft is doing the Cirrus Pilot Training, which is quite heavy on training for "when to pull the handle", 'cause "If you haven't planned for it, and haven't trained for it, you won't do it."? ? In the last 8 years, I have had 8 friends perish in aircraft crashes.? That is a pretty significant number.? Of those, had the pilot been wearing a chute, one of them likely would have been able to exit the aircraft and would have survived.? Had their aircraft all been equipped with a BRS system and the pilot willing to use it, it is likely that as many as 5 of my friends would still be alive.? Three of them simply put themselves in such a bad position that they had no chance. ? When thinking about airbags, the Cirrus has multiple bags and inflators on the shoulder harnesses to protect the chest, neck and head area of the pilot/passenger.? I've never heard any studies of the impact results, but it is an interesting concept and is something now available for Experimental Aircraft.? Of course the downside is that these things are not inexpensive and require periodic replacement. ? -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ? ? Sent:?Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 8:22 PM From:?"Mark Langford via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> To:?KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> Cc:?"Mark Langford" <ml at n56ml.com> Subject:?KR> parachutes Regarding parachutes, it's worth mentioning that there's never been an inflight structural failure of a KR (the all-composite one at high speed at the Gathering doesn't count, in my mind), although there is a question of elevator bellcrank failure in one plane, but it's possible it was crash induced. There may be others, but no spar or fuselage failure that I know of. So given that record and the many thousands of KR hours logged, what are the chances that you're going to have to go down somewhere so inhospitable that you can do some semblance of a landing somewhere? Even if it's in the tree tops, you'll likely survive it. And yes, I do know that the second engine is just there to get you to the scene of the crash... -- Mark Langford M
