Now Hartmut, you just GOT to expand on that. If you cannot get it into a flat spin, how would someone know it is or is not recoverable? Inquiring minds want to know.
--- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > I read that an Ercoupe has the same problem. Can't be recovered from a flat > spin. The design does not allow a spin in the first place, but then - things > can happen. > > > > However. I looked at the way the BRS parachute system had been installed in a > Cessna. That can't be replicated in an Ercoupe. > > The only way would be an outside mounted recovery system that is connected > directly to front and rear spar. > > We would have to cut through the wing root fairings for that and accept the > extra weight and drag penalty. > > > > The relative frequency of in-flight breakups does not justify such drastic > measures. I think. > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: [email protected] > From: profedi...@... > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:13:07 -0800 > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re:Airframe parachute > > > > > > > > > > > Cirrus pretty much had to do something radical and new because their planes > cannot be recovered from a flat spin, regardless of the altitude or skill of > the pilot. > > Carl LaVon > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 >
