On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:21:55 GMT, "Richard Kaplan"
wrote:

"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
...

I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.

Spin chutes are a routine part of flight testing of airplanes in case the
airplane is found to have unrecoverable spin characteristics.

Spin-recovery chutes are mounted differently than the whole-aircraft
recovery chute...either tail-mounted, or rigged to fire directly aft.

But I expect you could rig a BRS-type chute behind the cabin so that it
slants aft to a considerable extent. Besides, the ultralighters have used
these in response to a number of incidents that have resulted in
uncontrolled flight.

Ron Wanttaja