On 13/02/06, Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome back! Interesting blog entry. I'm very glad to hear that you did > not get to try out the CAPS. Have there been reports of successes with the > system? For some reason I just imagine a pilot trying to avoid deploying (on > engine failure for example) until it was too late. And it seems a lot of the > other scenarios wouldn't be helped by a chute anyway. In any case that would > be an interesting feature to model :-).
There have been a few -- search for "Cirrus CAPS" or something similar on Google to see the debate. One controversial point is that the SR22 (and SR20, I think) were not spin-tested during certification, so the chute *is* the only proven spin-recovery technique. In other words, it's possible (though not yet proven) that situations which would require only normal spin-recovery technique in a Cherokee, Bonanza, or Cessna might require a chute pull in a Cirrus. That said, most fatal stall/spin accidents happen too close to the ground for normal spin recovery or a chute pull. All the best, David (sitting in O'Hare, enroute to San Francisco) -- http://www.megginson.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
