2007-04-13 11:43:40 · 6 answers · asked by mhlake2001 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Probably not. They're trying to keep the weight down to get under the maximum weight for the LSA class, and a ballistic parachute system is just too much baggage.
2007-04-13 14:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have some really good answers here and I think Timothy has given the best so far.
I think ballistic chute are over rated. They were a great idea for flying lawn chairs that suffered structural failure, but from what I have seen the air plane is not even remotely usable after you deploy the ballistic chute, For my money better pilot training and better aircraft maintenance is more likely to prevent you from getting into a situation where you'd consider using a ballistic chute. I firmly believe that there have been cases where ultra light pilots flew well beyond the safety envelope of their particular craft BECAUSE they had a ballistic chute,. Nope, a superior pilot uses his superior judgement to ensure that he doesn't have to use his superior skill, he always comes home for dinner.
Pilot 35 years with just as many take offs as landings
2007-04-14 21:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likelly not. Besides keeping the weight down, Cessna, unlike Cirrus, makes their planes, especially the small ones Spin Certified. That is the major reason for Cirrus to have a ballistic parachute in their planes. If you spin a small Cessna, mostlly all you need to do is let go of the controls, and the aircrat will recover from the spin by itself.
2007-04-14 16:42:01 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Timothy hit the nail on the head. Most difficulties happen too close to the ground for a chute to be useful.
Most of the Cirrus wrecks are fatal and most didn't deploy the chute. The reason being, on a lot of them they were not aware they were about to crash, and some others thought they could save the craft, while still others happened so close to the ground there was no time to deploy the chute. Go to:
http://www.ntsb.gov/
and search the aviation database fo Cirrus crashes.
2007-04-14 19:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with JetDoc... those LSA airplanes have to be so light that having the whole solid fuel rocket on board just might not work out... I would not doubt that we will see them in future Cessnas... However, it will be in a regular GA airplane not squeezing every ounce out to make weight...
2007-04-13 22:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by ALOPILOT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLANE PARACHUTES WOULD BE A NICE THING ON THERE SMALL AIRPLANES.AND IF THEY WERE USED THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE MOUNTED ON THE BACK BONE OF THE PLANE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TAIL WING.
2007-04-17 12:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Marcel SJ Rossignol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋