WHEN ENGINES GO BAD OR ANYOTHER PROBLEM OCCURS, THESE PARACHUTES COULD MAKE THE PLANE SLOW AND SAFE HELICOPTER LIKE VERTICAL DESCEND.. THIS OR ANY VARIATION OF THIS IDEA COULD SAVE MANY LIVES? WHAT DO U SAY?
2006-12-15 06:01:22 · 6 answers · asked by asker 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Already in use for ultra lights and small aircraft.
Ballistic Recovery Parachute system
Ballistic Deployed Parachute
2006-12-15 08:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by MarkG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no!
they would have to be HUGE parachutes in order to keep the airplane vertical. And, airplanes travel FORWARDS at about 500 miles per hour. This parachute would just get tangeled behind the jet, and since it is going so fast, it would probably snap off the wing or whatever it is attached to, because it produces so much drag force.
Also, it would not be steady in the air if it was just hanging there from parachutes. in order to stay in the air, and right side up, the aircraft needs to be traveling forwards with air passing over and under the wings. Without this air, the aircraft would tumble the wrong ways and crash upside down!
Also, most airplane incidents take place during landing, or right after takeoff. Very rarely do they have engine failures during flight. Even if they do, then its fine because an aircraft can gliude about 100 miles for every 1 foot of decent, and they can just land their aircraft without a problem.
The parachutes would need to be huge, which would take up lots of passenger space, and also they would be very heavy increasinig limitations on how much fuel they can handle, thus shortening routes.
If they were deployed, they would be draged behind the aircraft, and they might rip off whatever they are attached to because they produce so much drag.
2006-12-15 06:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, finished panic and chaos could envelope the passengers interior the form of an drawing close crash. Secondly, commercial planes holiday some distance too speedy (350 - 500 mph) to bounce out of and effectively installation your parachute. do no longer forget approximately that maximum commercial flight fly at heights everywhere between 30,000 and 40,000 feet intense (~ 8 miles intense) and that's somewhat chilly up at that top to no longer point out the shortcoming of oxygen interior the Stratosphere. undergo in ideas, the common guy or woman can't be waiting to bounce out of a airplane regardless of the certainty of an drawing close crash. are you able to think of how long the pre-flight practise could be? It takes 5-10 minutes just to describe how seatbelts and emergency exits artwork. A parachute practise speech could in basic terms no longer be feesible...ever. sturdy question however.
2016-12-11 09:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by hergenroeder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imposable, not only would they not hold a 20 ton hunk of metal,
but the most common cause of a plane going down is a control failure or something happens to the pilot in which case there would be no way to deploy the parachutes.
But, hey, why don't you play Einstein for a day and invent one!
2006-12-15 06:08:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jersey Cowboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible: The FAA is currently reviewing parachute redundancies for small, single engine aircraft. They are far from an ideal solution, but they may be prove to be worthwhile.
As far as I know, they are only being tested for small aircraft, and there arent any plans for such implementations in larger comercial planes.
2006-12-15 07:40:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
airplanes are way too heavy to be lowered by parachutes. without airflow over the wings, you cannot produce lift, without lift you just have a giant falling hunk of metal
2006-12-15 06:05:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋