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Vote on this Poll: Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by CountryComment on "Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by Country"
...glider pilots saved themselves with a hand-deployed parachute. It got me thinking about this topic of (ballistic) parachute use preference by country--&n...o please let me know. My preference for having a parachute on my HG harness led to my fe...- Very nice.... Did you use a braking parachute before landing? :)
Comment on "Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by Country"
...is the website for BRS: http://brsparachutes.com/brs_aviation_home.aspx...ere are the repack prices-- about what I wrote above. http://brsparachutes.com/repack_center.aspx &...- Here is a shot of my install http://alltrikes.com/elgg/photos/image/43037/parachute-riser-routing
Comment on "Flying Blindfolded - Solo - on a PPC/PPG type aircraft - not a WSC Trike"
He lists it as a ppc here http://theflyingchallenge.com/feather-powered-parachute/ The main differences are if the sail is inflated by ram air (ppc) or not (ppg) PPC are much slower than ppg You can also see the cells on the video I posted earlier.- I would land into the water near the coast because I havent rocket rescue system. When I would be low then I would slow sharply and sit down as a parachute. Damage of my trike and wing will be smaller than landing between trees.
- Hay Noel, you got some great shots of Snowbird 3 & 4. I see Tanarg One in the background. Did you drop a live stick of one? The two Snowbird's That's there callsign. They are CASA 212 aircraft and they were doing military parachute drops.
- That's cause HGFA pilots are hang glider pilots and often wear shirts with red bull or some other suitable logo and 1. They are bulletproof so insurance is unnecessary, and 2. They carry a spare parachute strapped to their person when they fly so see 1.
- ...o many trikers together. Can you tell us more about the Phantom 450? It sounds like you are describing a non-rocket powered recovery parachute. It looks like BRS is n...