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Old 22nd Jan 2014, 12:01
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cockney steve
 
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Seems a bit like airbags in cars...if the bump is such that they deploy, the vehicle is effectively a writeoff , due to the damage caused by the bags and the cost of replacement.

no doubt, the CAPS system could be refined and turn the plane into an overgrown paramotor / paraglider, with a slower.gentler,more controllable descent trajectory. this would increase the already significant "deadweight" penalty of CAPS.

The manufacturer , like the automobile trade, has made a compromise and potentially gets to sell a replacement vehicle whenever the safety system deploys. It's not in their best interests to have a "low-damage" deployment.....but there again I'm a cynical old bugger.
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