Don, You wouldn't happen to have any pics per chance. Thanks for the explanation. Placing email into my needs for construction file. Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Sprague" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: KR>KR2 BRS 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 _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
