I have a 310 which is a twin and I can tell you single engine one engine feathered I can cruise at 140 mile an hour full gross below 9000 feet. One of the reasons I bought the airplane. I loved my KR I was one of those people that had a large number of engine failures. Every time I made an airport or a past. I fly west a lot and know that there are a few places you cannot land. There's always a road a mountaintop clearing somewhere that you can get into if you just pay attention to what you're doing. I believe Mark is proven that too.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 11, 2016, at 9:51 AM, n357cj via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
