Parachute Landing for Airplane
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Parachute Landing for Airplane
Need info on installing a parachute. Need to parachute from flight to landing (like the Cirrus emergency parachute). What's out there?
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RE: Parachute Landing for Airplane
It can be done, and has been discussed in these forums before ( you could do a search ). About 10 years ago there was a company who marketed a recovery parachute for models, but apparently they went out of business. I think the primary issue was how to activate it. If you have a system that deploys the chute when you flip a switch on the transmitter, will you remember to do it in a moment of panic as your plane plummets from the sky? If it activates automatically, how does it know the difference between an impending crash and an ordinary aerobatic manuever (like a loop)?
But, it would really impress everyone as your plane floats gently down to earth!
But, it would really impress everyone as your plane floats gently down to earth!
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RE: Parachute Landing for Airplane
The only current source I've seen for model aircraft is this:
http://the-rocketman.com/model-recovery.html
I guess you'd have to call them and find out more. They have some neat drogue and recovery chutes for rockets.
Jesse
http://the-rocketman.com/model-recovery.html
I guess you'd have to call them and find out more. They have some neat drogue and recovery chutes for rockets.
Jesse
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RE: Parachute Landing for Airplane
The testing for the ballistic chutes were done with RC planes ( one kind of looked like a Falcon 56)in the early 80s, with some small articles in Model Aviation describing what they were trying to accomplish. You could blow up some plans for rc paratrooper chutes; I know MA had plans for jumpers. Are you doing it to try ,or do you want it to save a plane?
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RE: Parachute Landing for Airplane
wild cat fuels made them and I got the last two. Not enough sales to continue. Its a turtle shaped pod that goes on the top of a high wing with a small drone shute that pulls out a larger one. I understand they work pretty well. Never have used mine yet. My son fell on the plane I was going to use it on so I have to get another.