007Heli
I am not against a chute at all or using it for engine failure over heavely wooded areas or rough terrain.
I am against using it as a standard procedure for engine failure when there are good fields available or over built areas and well populated areas where by using the chute I am risking people on the ground.
It goes against the grain to abandon a serviceable aircraft just because I have lost the one engine while I still have all the potential energy available to me from the aircraft ie becoming a glider.
I do think pilots should spend a lot more time in practising forced landings and field selection as the chute still should be a last resort not a primary solution.
You will without doubt wreck the aircraft which probably should not be damaged in a well executed forced landing.
But I do like the Cirrus and can see many benefits as well as negatives in having a chute.
Negatives that confidence of having a chute will draw you into the very situation where you need to use it.
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 24th June 2012 at 19:09.