Emergency Exit

On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 11:49:33 PM UTC-5, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Beacause floating around out of control under a parachute is safer?
BRS sounds good, but in practice I would prefer a personal chute every time.

If you are in a midair 500 ft above the ground, a BRS will save you. You'd never make it trying to bail out with a personal chute.

At 05:32 30 June 2018, Mike Schumann wrote:
On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 11:49:33 PM UTC-5, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Beacause floating around out of control under a parachute is safer?
BRS sounds good, but in practice I would prefer a personal chute every
time.

If you are in a midair 500 ft above the ground, a BRS will save you.
You'd
never make it trying to bail out with a personal chute.

A Personal Chute assumes you are still a going concern. A friend of mine
was hit by a piece of wreckage as he left the aircraft. Had he had a BRS he
would still be with us.

The Genesis-2 was designed for a BRS system, but production was stopped before testing was done. I have installed 36' BRS (1050) systems in a couple of G-2's. Several years back, I came close to a mid-air in the pattern..............I believe a BRS would have offered my only chance of surviving that day, had we hit. Having the little red handle available, gives me a great sense of confidence! At 84, I can hardly climb out of the cockpit, no way wearing a parachute! Add G forces that would be present in a hard-over rudder situation...........? BRS claims their system will work as low as 350'.
Wishing everyone, happy landings,
JJ

Part of why some (me included) feel a static line is good. If you hit the tail after getting out, you may be unconscious (similar to your ship hitting the bottom of another, etc.).

Yes, you may get tangled in the line and it slows/prevents chute deployment.

I believe ours is usually 20' or so, enough to clear the tail. It is in a small coil (enough slack from cabin mount to rip cord of maybe 4') with a single wrap of electrical tape to maintain the coil until needed.