X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:47:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from misav10.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.174] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2263976 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:08:00 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=142.165.20.174; envelope-from=hjjohnson@sasktel.net Received: from bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.72.22]) by misav10 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:07:22 -0600 Received: from sasktel.net ([192.168.234.97]) by bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0JMT00G3SJ8AZW00@bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca> for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:07:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.234.24] (Forwarded-For: [24.72.101.251]) by cgmail1.sasknet.sk.ca (mshttpd); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:07:22 -0600 X-Original-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:07:22 -0600 From: H & J Johnson Subject: Re: [LML] Apologies to the farmer's daughter X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <2d4020c3647.46c2b43a@sasktel.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.1 HotFix 0.20 (built Feb 27 2006) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal

To put this in perspective.. [if memory serves me correct] your typical parachute [personal chute not BRS] will decend at 4-500fpm.. or 7-9fps and that feels like a kick on the chin.. now having a airframe around you absorb alot of that impact but man... thats STILL gotta hurt a bit...

Anyone heard the one about the two Cirrus pilots who lost their engine over Texas? Apparently the handle had a malfunction and no matter how hard they pulled it wouldn't deploy the chute..[I think Cirrus published an AD after this one] so they just ended up landing the plane on a road..

I think they [BRS] have their place.. but they are not a blanket, "one fix fit's all" solution..

Jarrett Johnson

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> Guys --
>
> Richard Titsworth pointed out to me that the 25 foot-per-second
> descent rate with a BRS?*is* 1500 feet per minute.? Gee, I get the
> "turkey of the day" award...
>
> Anyway, they claim that 25 fps (1500 fpm) is survivable.? They
> told us that they want the airplane to land slightly nose down.?
> If we were going to land tail first, they would have insisted on
> head-rest-type protection features.
>
> You know, 25 fps didn't sound all that fast to me, but 1500 fpm
> seems pretty darn fast to be crunching into the ground.
>
> - Rob Wolf
>
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