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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