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Old 24th October 2004 | 13:10
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zeeoo
 
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From: south of France
hi everybody, i apologize in advance for my Frenglish, "tolerance is the policy of the brave"

i m a "dreamer" dreaming in building my own chopper, i ll tell more if someone is interested.

i m also on rotaryforum, for gyros, and rised the subject of BRS parachutes in a gyro.

it appears that no one can agree about it s real utility, its mounting and deploying...

mast mounting ? useless if buntover, or inverted position.
at low altitides... quite useless..
tail mounting ? could be ok

personnally i believe a parachute should be mounted in front, but fired from side, makin heli have a kind of "flat spin" and landing it on the tail, the tail acting as a shock absorber...

thank you

victor
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