It matters not where a Ballistic Chute is mounted in the aircraft as long as the weights and balances is right.
There are 2 lines of thought for attaching a Ballistic Chute to the aircraft when deployed. 1. As Mark described below, hanging and landing in the flying attitude. 2. As I have attached mine, to the top of the engine mount. This will cause the aircraft to hang tail down giving a crumple zone right up to the back of the seats (hopefully no further). The passenger's spines are fully supported (I have a head rest) on impact, less chance of back injury. The expensive parts of the aircraft (engine, undercarriage and instruments) have a better chance of being re-useable. Downside is that you can only do this with a timber or composite prop as they will be destroyed by the chutes straps, therefore cannot steer during descent, cannot see where you are going (actually this may be a good thing :-) My Ballistic Chute is to be used for the following reasons. 1. Structural failure. 2. Mid air collision. 3. I'm incapacitated. 4. Just prior to stalling into the tree in forced landing over tiger country. 5. Maybe if a forced landing in a short field requiring me stop urgently (2.5 seconds to be fully deployed.) see where I mounted mine http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/grs_ballistic_chute.htm regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia RAA 19-3873 k...@bigpond.com http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jones" <mjo...@muellersales.com> > The proper way to install a BRS in a KR is to mount the pod inside/under > the turtle deck directly behind the center of the seat back. You will need > to cut a hole in the top of the turtle deck for the rocket and parachute > to exit through. This hole will be glassed over with one layer of very > lightweight deck cloth. That will allow the ejection to break through and > exit the airplane. There are three straps which will need to be attached > to the KR as a harness for the chute. The tail strap will run along the > top of the turtle deck down to the tail cone where it should be attached > to the forward horizontal spar. The two forward straps will work their way > forward down the fuselage side across the top of the stub wing and attach > to the forward spar at the rear WAF. The best way to do all of this is to > install the harness as you build the plane. That way, you can form > channels for the straps to lay in. If you do it after the fact, the straps > will be visible after they are glassed over with lightweight deck cloth. > In either case the straps must be protected from epoxy so it will not > affect the integrity of the straps. Upon deployment of the chute, the > straps will rip right through the deck cloth and hold the KR level as you > descend. The installation is simple if done while building and is good > life insurance for around three grand. >
