Joe,

I mounted a BRS in my KR2 N118DS,  The canister bolted onto the aft side of the 
bulkhead behind my head, tilted about 10-15 degrees to port (for the chute to 
clear the vertical stab).  The Kevlar straps are looped around the main spar 
close to the fuselage, run back along the wing root and then up behind the 
canopy to the 10 inch hole above the canister.  I covered the straps with 
ceconite-glued, stretched and doped to the fuselage (my hangermate has a 
ragwing Tailwind and showed me how to do it).  The third strap connects to the 
bolt that holds the tailwheel spring and runs up inside the tail feathers to a 
small hole just in front of the vertical stabilizer, then forward externally to 
the same hole over the canister..  This was also covered by ceconite.  These 
straps then go down to connect to the chute rocket.  I covered the hole in the 
turtle deck with the piece I had cut out, securing it with light weight 
ceconite tape.

The sense of security is considerable, especially for my wife who still has 
visions of widowhood.  Having said that, It would have to be a pretty 
catastrophic set of circumstances where I wouldn't attempt to fly the plane in, 
with the exception of avoiding landing in the marshes around here.

The chute takes 1 second to deploy at a max speed of 140mph.

Hope this helps, write me off line if you have any questions or need more 
detail.

Don Sprague
KR2 N118DS
Houston, Texas

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