Srilm wrote:
....... The ballistic parachute on some singles is NOT designed to be used for engine-out landings. It was designed to be used in situations where aircraft control is lost, catastrophic airframe damage occurs, or a good landing site cannot be located (rare, as most singles can be force-landed on any patch of ground that is relatively smooth for a couple of hundred feet). The parachute is a last-ditch effort that will cause permanent loss of aircraft control in exchange for a relatively slow descent (although the aircraft will be damaged -- it won't be a soft landing). It's much better to fly your newly found glider to a controlled off-airport landing. Mountains can actually make the landing easier if done correctly as an aircraft landing on an upslope can land on a very small patch of land. Of course this requires proper pilot training and good judgment. If you've never been in an engine-out situation, the aircraft certainly doesn't fall like a brick. In fact, if you're up a few thousand feet in the air (typical even for a Caravan), it could take several minutes to reach the ground. The glide will be eerily slow, quiet and comfortable.
http://www.brsparachutes.com/lives_saved.aspx .........
SR
Where you got your info that a BRS chute is NOT designed to be used in an engine out situation is contrary to what you go on to write. I thought this discussion was in reference to flying in CR. I would love to see you or Chuck Yeager put a Caravan down on the side of a CR tree covered mountain and walk away.
For the non-pilots this is called hanger talk. We could be here for months and 300 pages and we still wouldn't get to all the fine points.
Berk......
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One time we were about to take off, and a horse was running back and forth across the runway, about half-way down. A couple of locals had to chase it away on mini-bikes.
