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About the negative stuff; the only reason I mentioned it was for you to
make sure whatever harness you bought was comfortable on the negative side of things. The aerobatic harness is usually much more comfortable in this respect. One thing to keep in mind if you're going to be doing formation in a Pitts, and unfortunately it's not a very pleasant thought :-) Remember, if you DO make hard contact and have a wing failure, the flying wires will probably hold on the top wing and the wing will literally beat you to death before you can get out....so don't get too close!! :-)) Dudley "ShawnD2112" wrote in message ... Dudley, Sound advice. Negative stuff isn't the reason I've decided to get a chute. I've done a bit of negative but I'm staying away from any of the real stuff until I get some inverted spin training. No, what's really made me decide were two things. One is that I've started doing some basic formation work with a mate. While we're taking it slow and investing in some training, there's always the risk of something going wrong and someone's airplane touching someone else's. It's that scenario that makes a chute seem like a good idea. I've also got a bit of a phobia about fire in the cockpit. The other thing was a long term re-evaluation of the risks. When I first started flying the Pitts, I thought about a chute but initially ruled it out (they're not required for aerobatics in the UK, and, in fact, a lot of guys don't wear them). I ruled it out because I figured that to open the canopy, exit the aircraft, deploy the chute, and get one swing in before hitting the ground, I'd need to be about 2,000 feet up. Well, when competing andpracticing, I only ever got up that high at the tops of aerobatic maneuvers, not during the bulk of my flying. So, I figured, if I rarely fly high enough for a chute to work, what are the chances of being able to get that altitude if I needed it? Pretty slim, I reckoned, so I thought a chute was a comfort factor more than a real safety option. Now, that all said, I'd feel like a real tit if I found myself with an unflyable airplane and no means to get out of it. So screw all that misguided analysis above, I'm getting a bailout chute. I guess this is a case of experience and age teaching one a bit of wisdom? It seems silly to deny myself an option based on some flawed logic applied in the hangar. Thanks for the tip on the Softie. I'm going to give them a call tonight. Cheers, Shawn "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message link.net... "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ink.net... Forgot to tell you. Whatever you buy, try it on first and make at least one flight in it with the Pitts. Don't baby the flight either. Take it out sustained both ways and see how it feels, especially inverted. Do a half roll, stabilize there and just hang for a bit and feel it on your back. You'll know if it's going to do the job for you. Dudley |
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