> > 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



Paul,

An SKS 94 ejection seat reportedly weighs only about 21kg and might be germane
to this discussion.  Also, there is a photo of the KA-37 counter-rotating
helicopter equipped with a K-37 escape system that pulled the pilot out of the
helicopter with a rocket motor.  Both can be seen on this link:
http://www.zvezda-npp.ru/english/05.htm

Regards,


Jack Hilditch

That gets you out but at less than 200 feet you still need to wait for
the chute to open. Is it a zero altitude seat?