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Re: Europa-List: Emergency parachutes, opinions?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Emergency parachutes, opinions?
From: hurstkr@redzone.com.au
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:38:06

Quoting Frans Veldman <frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>:

> So, I was considering the option of using individual parachutes. So far
> nobody seems to have an opinion on this....

Frans,

If I were you, I would try sitting in a Europa with a slim pack  
parachute strapped on to see if you can get comfortable enough.  From  
my experience of flying sailplanes with personal parachutes, I think  
you might find this to be a problem.

Regarding the suitability of a ballistic system in the case of an  
inflight structural failure, the way I look at it is that without it,  
you WILL be dead.  With it, it may or may not deploy successfully but  
there is a much better than 0% chance that it WILL open.  Remember,  
there is no guarantee that a personal one will deploy successfully  
either!

Cheers
Kingsley in Oz



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