> 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.

That is how BRS works..  And, it's a perfectly valid method for either
the craft or the pilot..


Matt-

What happens if it shoots out horzontally or down?