RANS S-9 Chaos loses a wing
Morgans wrote:
"Oliver Arend" wrote
Even if you have a BRS installed, it is advisable to try an emergency
landing in a suitable field, since very likely the structure of the
airplane will suffer less damage. As someone pointed out, the airplane
comes down nose first, usually with a speed of about 5-6 m/s (15-20 ft/
s). That can break a lot of expensive stuff (prop, engine, fuselage).
Some airplanes, like Cirrius, have a harness that supports the aircraft, and
the aircraft comes down in a more or less level attitude. Are you saying
that your aircraft have the harness attatched to the aircraft so that it
always comes down nose first, or just that it will sometimes get tangled and
come down nose first?
It would seem like it would be a big advantage to come down level, for the
aircraft and the passengers.
An engine fire in this particular accident would have been a bummer...
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Richard Lamb
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