Cirrus Killer? Cessna just doesn't get it...

john smith wrote:

Only two situations I can think of where having a BRS would save my
butt...
1.) mid-air collision
2.) loss of prop and/or engine (due to vibration from broken prop).
Yes, I have seen the Sean Tucker video.

What Tucker video? Is available online?

Matt

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Matt Whiting wrote:

john smith wrote:

Only two situations I can think of where having a BRS would save my
butt...
1.) mid-air collision
2.) loss of prop and/or engine (due to vibration from broken prop).
Yes, I have seen the Sean Tucker video.

What Tucker video? Is available online?

Sean Tucker took his niece out for a ride in a Pitts.
After some easy maneuvers to get her accustomed to acro, he pulled up
into a hammerhead. While going vertical, the prop went one way and the
Pitts another. Immediately recognizing the situation, he go the nose
down and continued to fly the airplane. While calmly and repeatedly
assuring his niece that "everything is alright", he found a suitable
landing site and set up his approach. He executed a flawless landing and
they walked away. The whole thing was recorded on a cockpit audio/video
device. From the loss of the prop to rolling to a stop was less than two
minutes. It is one of the most incredible videos I have seen
demonstrating cockpit cool under pressure. Airspeed to maintain control
was around 140 kts, including the approach and touchdown.
I do not know if it is on his website. He shows it during his Oshkosh
presentations.