Its the not loosing control that increases dramatically your chances of survival. The training at least gets the pilot to be able to hold straight and level once
Can the chute be pulled in a mucho past Vne spiral dive?
Can it be pulled inverted?.
Can it be pulled in a flat spin?
CAn it be pulled in a inverted flat spin?
Can it deal with a full power tail slide?
I haven't really looked at it to be honest but do they provide a deployment envelope?
And there are a few and if your flying up North you pass quite a few as well Leeming etc have them. So it wouldn't be wasted, you could do one on the way up. And you really don;t need to practise them. They are by far the most simple approach available.
The attitudes and forces when some one looses it are in the hands of god and certainly not known to the designers.
Last edited by mad_jock; 15th Jul 2012 at 20:39.