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Old 24th Oct 2004, 18:38
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zeeoo
 
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re : hello world, i apologize for my bad Frenglish
i m inerested in chutes in a gyro or ultralight choppers,
i m a mad dreamer who plans to build one, ok ok dont throw stones please, i have a full truck of them

as you can guess, i d like to have a chute if someday i plan to test any rotor aircraft.

so i must precise this : i think on a chute in extreme cases
avoiding autorotation like :
loss of a blade, structural failure, tail failure, mast bumping, destructive vibrations, flip in wind gusts , and others
, ok autorotation is better than a chute, when you can....

as i said in the other thread, i wonder if the chute could no be fired from the nose, sideways, linked to the strongest part of the airframe by steel wires (drowned in the fuselage), then this would create a "violent" flat spin but keep away the chute wires from the rotor, put the chopper in a nose-up attitude and land it on the tail that could act as a shock absorber...

another question, is there a model of BRS or other chute specially designed for mast mounting?

just throwing hairbrained ideas

thank you
victor
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