At 05:56 10 September 2018, krasw wrote:
On Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:26:19 UTC+3, Ramy wrote:
Ballistic chutes would save more lives then safety cockpit. Too bad
that
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ballistic chutes are not built into every glider. There would be far less
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atalities.=20
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Ramy

Yes, safety cockpit can save you or your back in occasional landing gone
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d, probably survivable anyway. Spinning to ground or crashing ridge at
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ng speed is not survivable with any cockpit, there is too much energy and
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oo little structure to absorb this.

European ultralights (LSA with 1000lb MTOW) are mostly (?) equipped with
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rframe rocket parachutes. Cost doesn't seem to be prohibitive, judging
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number of them in use. This should have been mandatory equipment for
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rs since 90's, think of lives saved after midairs.

Ballistic chutes can only protect against problems at altitude, high enough
for the chute to deploy. If the accident only starts to happen at low
altitudes then it won't help at all. And the chute has to be menually
deployed so the piilot has to recognise there is going to be an accident
while still at altitude. Not sure how many glider accidents meet these
criteria. Midairs are the only ones I think.

Chris