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I always thought that, had the professor been a German
instead of an Italian, they would at least have considered the pros and contras" I seem to remember a few years ago a German Akafleig at Friedrichshafen had a mock up of a two seater cockpit where a BRS (Ballistic Recovery System) type system extracted the pilots from the cockpit? A sort of jump seat for glider pilots. Never heard whether they ever got it built or tested. My guess is money & certification costs killed the project. Then of course there's the fundamental problem, highlighted on DG's website, that most glider purchasers will not buy safety; safety does't sell gliders. One of DG's own contributions to safety was the NOAH pilot ejection system, a very simple system: pull one toggle, the seat belts undo and a gas bag under the seat fills with nitrogen lifting the pilot up - all the pilot has to do is roll out of the cockpit (if he has a parachute with a static line, as in Germany, he doesn't even need to pull the rip-cord). Much to DG's annoyance very few purchasers stumped up the few thousand Euros it cost. A fit athletic 20 year old might have no problem exiting a gyrating cockpit; how about an unfit overweight 60 year old? Nothing personal! |
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