On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 11:03:32 PM UTC-5, WB wrote:
Have done a bunch of landings with the tail chute in my 301 Libelle. Deploy on high downwind abeam intended touchdown point. Requires quite the nose down attitude to maintain airspeed. Modulate glide path with divebrakes. Be ready to jettison if coming up short. Yep, it's fun.

I would recommend against this approach. If you are coming up short you would need to successfully release the drag chute... Perhaps not the best thing in a high stress situation. I only deploy on final and when I am certain to make the runway.