On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 6:53:15 AM UTC-8, JJ Sinclair wrote:
The Genesis-2 was designed to incorporate a Ballistic Recovery System. My ship and at least one other US Genesis-2 is flying with a BRS installed. I regularly monitor the NTSB accident reports for glider accidents and this month I see 3 Cirrus Design Group accidents. The Cirrus is a power aircraft, but is of interest to me because they come from the factory with a BRS installed. Well, January has seen 3 successful deployments of Cirrus ballistic recovery systems. Two at high altitude and one on final at 400 feet! All from loss of engine power. One deployment occurred in 30 knot ground wind and pilot and passenger had to make a quick exit of the ship because it was being drug across the ground by its fully inflated chute. There is no way to jettison the chute.

JJ

400' and the first reaction of the pilot is to "pop the chute"? What kind of training do these Cirrus Pilots get on the BRS? How 'bout "lower the nose, watch your airspeed and take what you got" and land in the golf course (they surround most general aviation airports.