Lancair IV-P lost near Lansing MI

"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
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I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.

Spin chutes are a routine part of flight testing of airplanes in case the
airplane is found to have unrecoverable spin characteristics.

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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

On 2004-06-03 14:21, Richard Kaplan wrote:
"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
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I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.


Spin chutes are a routine part of flight testing of airplanes in case the
airplane is found to have unrecoverable spin characteristics.

--------------------
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com



I stand corrected.

I was thinking of those large parachutes that can carry the whole plane.

/Rolf

"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
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On 2004-06-03 14:21, Richard Kaplan wrote:
"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
...

I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.


Spin chutes are a routine part of flight testing of airplanes in case
the
airplane is found to have unrecoverable spin characteristics.

--------------------
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com



I stand corrected.

I was thinking of those large parachutes that can carry the whole plane.


Actually, the Cirrus parachute was desiged specifically for deployment
during a spin.

In the Cirrus POH, it states that the only approved way to recover a Cirrus
from a spin is to deploy the parachute.

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:21:55 GMT, "Richard Kaplan"
wrote:

"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
...

I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.

Spin chutes are a routine part of flight testing of airplanes in case the
airplane is found to have unrecoverable spin characteristics.

Spin-recovery chutes are mounted differently than the whole-aircraft
recovery chute...either tail-mounted, or rigged to fire directly aft.

But I expect you could rig a BRS-type chute behind the cabin so that it
slants aft to a considerable extent. Besides, the ultralighters have used
these in response to a number of incidents that have resulted in
uncontrolled flight.

Ron Wanttaja