With today's personal 'chutes you flare them on landing and the
touchdown is like walking down the stairs.  You ain't gonna flare a
Cirrus that's under the canopy.  

Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES

-----Original Message-----
From: mmcmanus@grandecom.net [mailto:mmcmanus@grandecom.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 6:47 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: The Cirrus, the Farmers Daughter, and the BS

25 fps is not that high.  I expect it is pretty close to those 28' round
canopies some of you were sitting on and was attached to a Martin Baker.
The old Para Commander (PC), which was a big improvement over the 28'
and 24' round canopies, had a rate of 14-16 fps.  So 25 fps is not too
bad, especially when considering that the landing gear and seats etc
will absorb a lot of energy.
Matt McManus
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> 25 feet per second is 1500 fpm.
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