On Mar 14, 10:57*am, The Real Doctor
wrote:
On 12 Mar, 22:29, Bruce Hoult wrote:

We disable the parachute on our Janus. *I'm not even sure why it has
one.

I believe the answer is "as a fudge to meet the old JAR speed-limiting-
in-a-45-degree-dive requirement.Most drag chutes were never seriously
intended to be used for approach, or indeed to be used at all.

Do your insurers know, by the way, that you have disabled a flight
control?

I have no idea. That would I imagine be a question for our chief
instructor. Personally I would not use it even if it was enabled, as
the effectiveness of the remaining controls is perfectly adequate and
exceeds that of more recent designs e.g. the Duo Discus.