I have met another pom who baled out of his ASW-19 at 900'after winch launch. Elevator disconnected. Was with a service club and a long line of incidents led to the elevator disconnection. After some time away he is now resuming gliding here in Aust. Patch ----- Original Message ----- From: "DMcD" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 21 February, 2012 11:07:10 AM (GMT+1000) Auto-Detected Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] UK glider pilot parachutes
>>If someone was high enough to bail out successfully (at least 3,000ft) http://www.airborne-sys.com/pages/view/8m-llp-llrp "The LLRP is a very safe low profile, chest-mounted reserve assembly. It is used as a back-up system for troop parachutes and has been cleared for drops from altitudes as low as 76m (250 ft). The LLRP has been designed to inflate quickly at low as well as high speed eliminating the risks that the reserve canopy conflicts with the canopy of the main parachute." I guess that if the plane was stable as opposed to being in an uncontrollable spin, you could bail out at a much lower height than 3,000' and survive, especially if you had the right gear. I bit too low for comfort perhaps, but there have been deployments of HG backup parachutes which are designed to be very fast opening but at lower airspeeds than sailplane 'chutes, where the chute popped at tree-top height. All that being said, my parachute came with the warranty that it "might fail under any or all conditions and should not be relied upon in an emergency." so perhaps, as in sailing, where you only get into a life raft if you can step up into it, your parachute is a last rest :-) D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
