Hi All,
Our Europa Aircraft friends in CZ are developing at present together with
Galaxy a rescue system for the Europa plane.
As far as I now they will use (at present) steel ropes (maybe too stiff).
Two of them will have a "leading groove" underneath of the door sills, which
can easily break away. The other fixing point(s) will be behind the canopy,
so that the system is balanced. But as Graham says, the bird will hang with
nose down a bit, so that the engine/nose gear will take the first impact.
Please visit www.europa-aircraft.cz <http://www.europa-aircraft.cz/> and
click the bottom links for Galaxy. The Info there is also in English.
I am sure some Europa pilots could be still with us when they would have a
rescue system.
IMHO a parachute is not a good solution (except for test flying of course)
as the most crashes will happen at lower flight level.
The Galaxy system is using a rocket ejection which will get out and open the
rescue parachute also in lower levels.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a safe, enjoyful and healthy 2010.
Bruno
Europa Aircraft Germany
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Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Dezember 2009 09:24
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Betreff: Re: Europa-List: Emergency parachutes, opinions?
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From: Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 0:23:24
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Emergency parachutes, opinions?
Exactly how one might create the recessed joggled area in a pre-molded
fuselage would not be a challenge I'd take on. I'm surprised to learn that
Miles determined that "the forward sling needs to be attached just behind
the propeller"...it would appear to me that hard points port and starboard
at the firewall would serve, but that would be pure speculation on my part.
Fred
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Fred
As I understand it, the airplane needs to hang c. 30 degrees nose down so
the engine/nosegear takes the initial impact. Miles had straps at front and
rear to achieve this but it was a very big job and eventually exhausted his
patience, not least the bureaucratic issues.
Graham
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