Bob Kuykendall wrote:
One major challenge for sailplane BRS systems is water ballast.

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I suppose the savvy glider developer could also embed a steel cable
into the wing skin, and tie it into the BRS harness so that deployment
unzips the wing and liberates the water. That'd be a sight to see.

How about embedding det cord around each wing, connected to go off with
the BRS rocket? Zip the wings off, along with the water ballast. With
just the fuselage to lower, the 'chute can be smaller too ;-)


Shawn