The KR line doesn't lend itself well to extra weight, not to mention the fact that room is really at a premium in these little birds. Before 6399u left the earth 4 yrs ago I thought about installing one myself but after looking at the weight, and mine as well I decided to forgo the chute. If u got the room to install it and can afford the weight by all means do it, I would have.
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:52:46 -0500 Scooter <ke4...@ctc.net> writes: > I've thought about a BRS, but I haven't started building yet, so take > it > for what it is worth. > > The 2 places I have thought of installing are in front of the > instrument > panel (assuming you are not using a header tank) or right behind the > > seats. Wherever you mount it you must make sure there is a place in > the > top of the plane where it can fire the parachute out. It also needs > to > be near the center of gravity for 2 reasons. One, the BRS units are > > pretty heavy (32 to 39 lbs) and will throw off weight and balance > pretty > easy. Second, there are straps that need to go around the structure > of > the plane which need to keep it pretty close to upright. Whatever > position the plane is in when it is held up by the straps is the > position you will land (crash?) in. I haven't done any math on it, > but > the TLAR method tells me I'd want the straps going from in front of > the > front spars, crossing under the plane and going aft of the aft > spar. > > Having said all that, you need to look at the models to see what (if > > any) would work for you. The maximum deployment speed is pretty low > for > the 1200 and 1500 units. The 1350 unit looks better, but I hate it > when > the price isn't listed, it usually means I can't afford it ;). > > See http://brsparachutes.com/PI_prices.mgi for models and prices > > Scott > Raleigh, NC > > > joe wrote: > > >Came across a KR2 BRS for sale. Can anyone tell me > >anything about a KR2 with a BRS. Did anyone ever use one? Does > anyone have one mounted? Where would u mount one and what effect > does it have on flight > charasterics?_______________________________________ > >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
