Thanks! Well said Mark on the BRS issue, and you have given me a good answer on the bottom line of my question, because my biggest worry was about the likelihood of a sudden structure failure, considering its wood structure design.... Well, I may or may not reconsider my plan to install a BRS due to risk trade off between loss of life or lossing the bird in an unlikely event?! The BRS price has come down, especially for the air pressured ones, instead of SRBs. I can buy from Europe at around $3k...
Dr. Hsu On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 11:44 AM Mark Langford via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr. Hsu wrote: > > > Also, I asked f anyone have tired or already installed BRS on your KR2? > I > > can't believe no one has done that at all, considering so many safety > risk > > factors associated with the design concept (competing design > objectives or > > requirements...)? > > I think most KR folks would answer "too heavy, too expensive, and I'd > rather glide it to the ground". Having done more than my share of > dead-stick landings in a KR, I can tell you that it normally works out > pretty well....at least you are in control of the plane. When you pull > the handle on a chute, you have no idea where or what you will land on, > and your plane will probably die in the process. If you fly it all the > way to the ground, chances are good that you can land on a runway, a > road, or a field, and the plane lives to fly another day. Structural > failures are almost unheard of in KRs.....it's usually the engine. Why > kill an airplane when it's the engine's fault? > > Mark Langford > [email protected] > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
