From what I remember reading in gyro circles, one group was looking at
mounting the chute on top of the rotor hub, attached via some kind of turn
buckle. "Might" be a good idea but no one was brave enough to try it out.

The only kit manufacturer that I know of that offers a ballistic chute on
their gyro is Air Command. It's been a while since I've looked at their web
site (www.aircommand.com) so I checked and a search showed that they offer a
ballistic chute option on their two place machines. The one I saw for real
was mounted below the gyro so if you ever set it off, you're going to be
coming to the ground, "inverted." :-o I'm not sure I like that idea but it
may be way better than the alternative. Again, I don't know if anyone's
tried this yet.

FWIW,
Fly Safe,
Steve R.


"Ron Snipes" wrote in message
om...
So would the chute be attached above the Jesus Nut? Otherwise if the
blades are turning, where would you connect the chute?


"Steve R" wrote in message
...
Exactly what I was thinking. :-o

Notice they try to placate the ignorant by saying that they're working on
a "ballistic emergency chute." As Stu points out, if you're low enough
to not need autorotative capabilities, you're not going to be anywhere
near high enough for a ballistic emergency chute to do you any good
either.

No thanks!
Steve R.


"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
...
Lawn Dart comes to mind with the designs that ignore the need for
autorotation. The claim that low altitude helicopters have little
benefit
from autorotation is false. I've seen autos done from 40' agl and
40mph. I
asked Airscooter what was available to the pilot at 40 and 40 and got
the
same kind of answer. If the Airscooter engine stops, the fixed pitch of
the
blades will cause the rotor to slow quickly and you will be in instant
ka
ka. I wouldn't think of one of these birds until I saw an engine out
demonstrated by their test pilot.

--
Stu Fields Baby Belle driver
www.vkss.com


"JohnO" wrote in message
oups.com...

boB wrote:
Shiver wrote:
http://www.airscooter.com/pages/airscooter_main.htm

I Want One - I Want One - I Want One

http://www.airscooter.com/pages/airs...edia_files.htm

I Want One - I Want One - I Want One



Me too.... right up until I read this in the FAQ:

"Question: Does the AirScooter auto-rotate?

Answer: The AirScooter is designed for the recreational sport flyer
and
as such does not auto-rotate. The AirScooter is designed for
recreational flying at low altitude where even traditional
helicopters
have little benefit from auto-rotation. Design efforts have been done
on
a ballistic emergency chute for the AirScooter."


Yeah me too. That engine is a new design too so who knows how reliable
it will be as used in the air scooter? No cyclic, swash plates, tail
rotor etc is all great but if the engine quits, the belt breaks or
anything else fails, you are history in this thing.







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