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Subject: Re: Hello,
From: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:29:03
>I would appreciate it if you can assist me on a project for the U.S. Forest
>Service. They are interested in a recovery system that will recover a rotory
>wing aircraft from 100' AGL. Weight is 2000 lbs. can you help? 
>

Tall order: BRS (Ballistic recovery systems) could probably provide the
Hardware, but it would have to be sequenced with losing the rotor system...
and I'd be somewhat leary of flying around with a couple of pounds of
explosives wrapped around the mainshaft! I believe that some helicopter
manufacturer in the UK did experiment with such a system for military
helicopters, but for use with ejection seats -but abandoned it for some reason.

Miles



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