Look guys I am not making an argument against a chute. It is likely that when I stop flying jets I may join up into a group and would select the Cirrus for the safety benefits of the chute.
For me the chute is an option which I may or may not take depending on how I would read the situation.
I am going to put a scenerio to both Fuji and 007 which is a likely scenerio.
You have taken off out of an airport where the climb out crosses built up areas! I can think of many like that.
You are climbing on runway heading through 1000 feet when bang and a dead prop.
You push the nose over and survey your options! Below a built up area with no landing sites ahead and within gliding distance some smallish fields with a few trees and hedges. No Heathrow sized fields but enough to get down on and maybe take out a hedge.
What will both iof you do? I know what i would do and it would not be pulling the chute.
Fuji I am not getting desperate it is well documented that one of the problems with the chute is the knowledge that having one leads you into flying in conditions that you and the aircraft are not up to
Pace