--- Ron Lee <ron...@pcisys.net> wrote:
> Ron, How will I get into a flat spin? > > Answer: It won't happen or has such a low > probability > that it is not worth being part of a risk > assessment.> Ron, How will I get into a flat spin? > > > My piloting skills: Good to better than average > > Pilot judgement: Superior > > Flight currency: 250 hours a year the last three > years > > Current training: instrument rating > > As I said, if you or anyone else desires to install > a BRS, go ahead. > I have seen several cases where they were used were > use masked > extremely poor judgement. > > The aileron case may be viable if and only if > detection of the maintenance > problem was undetected during a normal preflight. > That does not apply to > me since I know the status of my control system. > > The argument that everyone makes bad decisions is > fundamentally flawed > and cannot support a universal mandate for BRS > systems. I don't make > those kind of decisions, which is why I am a safer > pilot than many. FACT! > > Ron Lee Ron, I don't want to argue with you. If people want to put a chute in or not, it is up to them. I am not calling for anything to be mandatory. I am a LIBRITARIAN!! LOL I don't see why a person knowing the facts would not. That is all. I'm sure your're a fine pilot. A lot of pilots better than you, died. Most of the time, thorough their own screw up. Sometimes because of someone elses screw up. Sometimes because of an "act of God". If it makes you feel better not having one. Right on Brother! I pray, in all sincerity that neither you or anyone else ever dies in a KR again. I'm sure they will though. I have not compiled the number of hours flown in KRs and devided it by the number of deaths, but I'm sure if I did, I would not like the number. I read somewhere that flying in GA is about as risky as riding a motocycle in an urban area. That's fine. I'll bet that flying experimentals is a little more risky. If someone turns left in front of your Harley, there is no handle to pull. At least in aviation we have a few seconds, at the end, where we know we are going to die. I will have the handle to pull if I screw up. That is no garentee I will live, but it is better than no chance at all, which is what you have with no control at 200 alg, decending rapidly. BTW Ron, Your Wrote,> The argument that everyone makes bad decisions is > fundamentally flawed It is not flawed. Everyone who is a pilot has, or will make a bad decision. Were you not taught that in your training? The problem is that we sometimes compound that bad decsision with another one, till there is no possible recovery. Generally pilots die because of a series of bad decisions. Sometimes though one bad decision is enough in the right circumstances. Here is the bottom line for me. Of those all those who died in small experimental planes that crashed, how many would have been saved if they had the option of a BRS? 90%? 50%? 20%? 10%? Twenty pounds 3000 dolars A little extra work A Weight and balance recalulation A little less cargo area Or......... My life and perhaps my passengers life? Easy decision. All I have to say on the subject.
