On 30 Oct 2003 14:01:22 +0000, Matthew Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Given the difficulty of getting in and out of a 152 on the ground it's > probably impossible at our circuit height of 800ft to survive a > bailout. > > A larger aircraft at 1000ft and reasonable speed, say 100kts, would be > quite survivable. The key is the airspeed. You'd get a far faster > deployment at 100kts than from stall speed. > > Unfortunatley, most emergency aircrew parachutes I've seen are > pitifully old or badly maintained. Modern square reserve parachutes > of the type used by skydivers are very fast to open and very, very > reliable if the mandatory inspection and repack cycle is adhered to. > > I use one of these too: http://www.cypres2.com just in case ;-) ..no risk this fires before you're clear of the airframe? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
