>
>
> > Is there such a thing as a rocket opening parachute?
> >
> > In other words a rocket attached to a metal static line that pulls a
> > parachute
> > out of a bag and makes it open almost instantaneously?
> >
> >
> > I am thinking of safe ways of testing a tilt rotor aircraft.
> >
> > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
> Paul... isn't that precisely what the BRS (ballistic recovery system)
is all
> about... a ballistic deployment, a slider ring to accommodate fast
vs. slow
> speed filling of the chute.   ????  am I missing something here???
>
> Gary Buster
> N263GB
> Tyler Texas
>
> I am not sure. I don't know how it works.
>
> I would not necessarily like to save the airplane. Just the pilot from
> and open cockpit.
>
> --
> Paul Lamar ..No rotor no motor.

Paul,

Here is a link to the BRS specs.  They have several to chose from.
Right in your weight range.  Scroll down to the second page and you can
see the rocket specs as well.

http://www.brsparachutes.com/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=80


Norm


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