Mike Collier wrote: For me, the biggest question is attachment to the airframe. It's got to withstand the deployment. Not too good to look up and see your parachute floating down nicely, but detached

Some information, for those interested. I recently was talking to Brent at BRS. I was installing an older system on one of my aircraft and had some questions. One nice thing about BRS, they will talk

You might try Richard Riley. He was soliciting such data a while back. I'm not sure how much he has compiled, but I'm guessing that he has all the numbers for the Berkut. Dave Bruce Hughes wrote:

Well, I'm not a fan of big government either, but ATC is "inherently governmental". It's providing for the safety of the public. Now, the knee jerk reaction to September 11, 2001 is to make security i

While reading this thread, something crept into my feeble memory. I think the video for much of what might be presented in such an endevor just might already exist. Not sure just what the owner might

Ryszard J. Zadow wrote: You're right, I don't. :-) But I think that I understand the concept, and while not needed for skydiving and such, would such be helpful in slowing down a high speed aircraft?

Before we look at a bunch of concepts, keep in mind that I was told that in the next 2 years that BRS was hoping to have some solutions available for the experimental community. These would be based u

I really appriciate it when vendors are straight with customers. It's not a common event these days. Dave

Be aware that the electrical tape can stretch. Long ago I applied some to a 36 inch direct drive prop which turned rather fast, up to 6000 RPM. Soon the prop was making a wierd noise. Upon inspection

Larry wrote: Lots of things aren't in great demand, and therefore the wholesale cost is skyrocketing. Eyebolts are disgusting. Wingnuts used to be rather cheap. I just paid $1.00 apiece for some. I'm

SWrightFLY@... wrote: Steve, Your post caused me to ask a question I should have thought of before. What do you do when the nylon insert is no longer doing it's job? Same consideration for the nut

First let me state that I agree with you 100%. But, the knowledge itself isn't a bad thing to have. I think getting an IFR rating is a good thing. For one thing, you can file an IFR flight plan, and h

Well! There's at least one person in this forum not afraid to call things correctly. I didn't want to bruse any feelings. Maybe that's a bad attitude. Letting some things go can be a disservice. Phil

It doesn't matter. These are 'parcel' shipping companies. They are telling you that they don't want some types of business by the fees they charge. Now trucking companies, you don't want to even think

Not a lawyer, and not real sure of the details. Intefering with aircraft operations and such is I think a federal offense. This is the key to getting the FBI involved. They might decide to go after su

Ric Lee wrote: These Eastern Red Tails must not be so brave. I can pass them, and it's Ok, but if I really go for them, they leave real quick. Of course, if I were a hawk, and a Pterodactyl was coming

ronjstew wrote: Yeah when I see accidents and fatalities, I wonder how long until it's me. I take a good hard look at things, and make some decisions. So far they have been consistant. If I make a bad

Well Mr Moderator. There may be some substance to to such remarks, but, I for one am not interested is participating in 'flame wars', even as a bystander. You can be pretty quick with other things. Ho

Harry E. Abbott wrote: I know speculation is almost always wrong, and waiting for the accident report is the right thing to do. Still, people speculate, it's our nature. One possibility is pilot incap

lostpilot28 wrote: I have a directory of 'keepers', posts that I keep for future reference. One by Tom Staggs concerns your question. He hasn't objected int he past when I re-post the comments, so I g