> Accidentally fired the BRS? Is that like accidentally getting pregnant? No. > I think it is more like accidently putting a bullet in the chamber, > accidently putting the gun in your mouth, and accidently pulling the trigger! > (OK, that was 3 accidental events). Feel free to make any of the 3 > deliberate! Marc Lee Winnig
mlwin...@hotmail.com (815) 301-5011 Cell and Vonage (801) 749-9460 FAX> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:02:16 -0800> From: mercedesm...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: KR> Ballistic Chute on a KR2?> To: kr...@mylist.net> > > > countryhomeprint <countryhomepr...@bellsouth.net> wrote: The incident last month here in Starkville tells me I do not need one. The > glider that came apart accidently fired the BRS at 171 mph and the sudden > stop ejected the pilot out of the craft still in his bucket seat. He went > through the canopy. Luckily he was wearing a chute (for the 1st time) and > after falling 8 thousand feet he was able to deploy the chute. It was > tangled with debree from the canopy. Opened at 500' above the ground.> > Bill Page> boliverp...@bellsouth.net> > Accidentally fired the BRS? Is that like accidentally getting pregnant? ; ) According to BRS the unit will not fire "accidentally" It is a deliberate two step action, that requires unlocking the chute and vigorously pulling the handle. > > Glad he survived.> > > Ron Smith> Kr2ssxl> Cypress Ca U.S.A.> mercedesm...@yahoo.com> http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php> > ---------------------------------> Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.> _______________________________________> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us
