On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:18:30 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote in
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Larry,

However, if you have, for example, an engine failure at 400' on
departure, the CAPS is not an option.

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

The way I read the quote from the SR22 POH, it requires 920' to fully
deploy the CAPS. Do you have information to the contrary?

My point is, that CAPS is not an option at the times it's needed most:
below 920'.

That's not what your own quote says. It says it is not an option if you
arrive at less than 920 feet after one full turn in a spin.

So you feel that less altitude would be required for full CAPS
deployment if the aircraft hadn't archived "one full turn in a spin?"
You'll have to cite some objective information that supports that
notion before I'll change my opinion from what is written in the SR22
POH.

So to characterize the SR22 CAPS as a safety enhancement
(for other than spin recovery, and possibly a MAC, structural failure,
loss of control, and landing in inhospitable terrain, *if* they occur
above 920') is inappropriate.

Well, the people saved by it in different circumstances would probably
beg to differ.

Are you able to provide any credible information about the
circumstances to which you refer?