BRS for emergencies

On Sep 13, 11:22 am, wrote:
On Sep 13, 1:10 pm, Marc Ramsey wrote:

bikensoar wrote:
The truly amazing thing about a system like BRS is the lives that
have been saved at very low deployment altitudes. There have
been saves as low as 200 ft. agl.

Details, please, otherwise I will view this as half facts and
disinformation 8^)

Marc

uh, isnt this Rec.Misinformation.Aviation.Soaring ??? or am I lost?


Marc
There have been no glider BRS deployments that I know of at
such low altitudes but there have been many saves by ballistic
and hand deployed (still attached to the aircraft) parchutes on
motorized ultralights, hang gliders and paragliders.

I have personally seen a hand deployed chute on a paraglider
open and function below 100ft. agl.

I have also deployed a ballistic chute on a paraglider over a
lake and had full deployment in less than100ft. (on purpose)

Check with BRS. I am sure they have statistics on many low
saves.

I would also fire off my BRS if I was going to crash land in
trees or steep rocky terrain. Not because of a glider failure,
but a pilot error.

George