Gyrocopter parachute rescue system or ballistic recovery system [BRS]

[@topfuel29channel]

Safety First. that's all our motto. Excellent Video.

[@Lukolek]

Makes sense, especially in light of potential rotor damage, but..... the system adds additional 20kg to the take of weight, which will increase take off distance, particularly with two people on-board and full tank. Having quite short runway and some obstacles ahead, this extended take off distance seems to me higher risk. But hopefully for other's that won't be an issue

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Yes the weight and balance point is interesting actually and I suppose ultimately will depend greatly on the aircraft you fly. Aside from the BRS sounds like you need Rotax 915 power! It is the single biggest difference you can make for take offs.

[@MrPanchoak]

I watched an early Air Command go in from around 600 ft. A couple loud popping noises like a shotgun, and we all turned just in time to watch as the Machine made a giant parabolic curve into a nearby field. What sticks in my own mind is that the rotors were not turning at all. That man would have survived had he had a simple balistic parachute attached to his airframe. Even at the mast. There would have been no rotor interference at all. I dont know why this accident actually happened, I personally suspect the Sky Wheel rotorblades. But i do know, that any pio or pitchover causes the blades to flap and to strike the airframe. And all of the accidents ive seen since then on videos, the rotors were either stopped completely or nearly so. Some were too low for recovery, but rotor interference would not have been a factor. There is a serious danger of inadvertent deployment, but......

[@cameronlapworth2284]

When you unload the rotors in flight (and it does just happen in ppo) the airflow is reversed the disk will stop in about 1-2 seconds. The airframe is still flying forwards and flys straight through the disk (generally) the two pops you heard were the prop colliding with the rotor and possibly the rudder striking. This is generally a very high speed accident. In the older VW direct drives with shorter narrower chord blades this was less common but with the advent of light high power machines like the aircommand and larger rotors it started happening more often. Many of these happened in strong winds turning tight circuits from downwind to upwind. The gyro flies relative to the wind but when turning from a downwind to upwind you drift and many pilots instinctively turn too tight, the lift vector now almost sideways requires greater power and back stick. In the old machines you'd just stink in 583 with 25ft 8 inch chord rotors it could hang on. Now he turns up wind and the now massively spun up rotors are flattened out what will the machine do? It'll climb like anything, the big heavy blades have loads of inertia so as you push forward the lift vector is even more vertical, you should cut power and wait but our hero is setting up to land so he pushes the already shallow disk angle further forward. Bang rotor unloads machine flies straight through the disk bang bang bang your blades are now stopped all control has gone. Of course the solution is correct training, people actually understanding the rotors. Helicopters will do exactly the same thing. One accident down my way had a picture of a kid holding the severed tail of a jet ranger that crashed doing a similar manoeuvre. Why don't we see this in choppers as often? Better training. Look zi really hopes this works but few of the fatal unloading happen high enough for this to work, however if it saves someone great. But if like horizontal stabilisers its claimed as a cure all and the machine is blamed again and the poor quality training is not, I predict like the numerous gyros fatally unloaded with large hs on the back (just google them) i fear we'll use this as another failure to address the appalling training record. I have flown in the aircommand dual and it was a sedated pussy-cat. My instructor was extremely good and we didn't fly it fast best ld was claimed to be 50mph by fetters we found 35mph was its actual best ld. Fetters claimed it could be flown at 100mph my instructor told me to never fly it above 60mph. Basically it was a great machine oversold had fetters put a 60mph vne o it I believe few would have crashed. Had the students had decent training many more wouldn't have crashed. Nothing wrong with sky wheels other than breaking you back trying to lift the heavy buggers up onto the rotorhead. Training,training, training.

[@MrPanchoak]

@@cameronlapworth2284 I dont think that in this particular case this was actually the cause. At least not the overspeeding rotors. It happened mid to late downwind and while i didn't see the actual strike, I do know it happened. At some point because the propeller and rotors were badly damaged at the point of contract. Puzzling to me was the fact that the trailing edge of the rotors were torn up but the leading edge was untouched. The prop was smashed on the front. As i recall, it should ha e been leading edge to leading edge. The man had been taught by Marion Springer herself in Marion's own trainer. Knowing her i doubt that he was undertrained. Although he Was certainly inexperienced. I personally suspect flutter. But here is no proving it. I spent several hours discussing it with Martin Holman. And that was his belief which i am unqualified to dispute.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@MrPanchoak hi Marion certainly had an excellent reputation so I suspect you might be right. I was not suggesting overspending the rotor is the cause, even in the scenario I explained which was most common here (on turning final) the problem is not so much that the going fast its more that commonly people would get into trouble over responding. From memory Marion uses a single seat bensen as a single seat transition machine. While this had an excellent power to weight ratio unlike a lot of the vw and Subaru engines many of us flew the sky wheels was 8 inch chord compared to 6 & 1/4 inch chord, so you have a machine that at any given airspeed will be flying with a shallower disk angle and thus more prone to unloading. The only thing you could be certain of is the machine was unloaded. Interesting that Holman thought do you remember if he thought the chordwise balance was wrong on the rotors?

[@MrPanchoak]

@@cameronlapworth2284 That is what Mr Holman thought. He also wrote about them being too far aft balanced. As far as training with Mrs Springer, I do know she had a two seat glider at the time. And I believe that she was also using an Arrow powered two seater. But the incident happened over 30 years ago and i dont remember clearly all of the particular circumstances surrounding it. It scared me, such that i never began training in a gyroplane. And only recently aquired a couple hours instruction. And have just finished up a Gyrobee. Ive stuck with fixed wing and ultralights over the time. But a gyro now fits my needs best. And i cant get them out of my blood.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@MrPanchoak hi. I live in Australia so never met Marion Springer but was highly impressed by her approach, glider two seat ground hack as she used to state. This was almost unique at the time. My training was similar only my instructor didn't have a single seater to go solo in. However he would test fly all our machines for us and wouldn't let us fly them until he considered them safe. At the time I met him I asked him how many different gyros he'd flown he told me he'd stopped counting them after 200. I my time training with him I saw him test many (over 20) and he'd been an instructor for a couple of decades before that. So he like Marion understood the various issues. I leaned to fly on wooden rotors which you need to chordwuse balance. If you read the Bensen design manual you'll find a section were he talks about when they used gyrogliders at NACA to test different profiles and configurations. He explains how slightly overbalancing will result actually increased stability but over 30% chord would lead to weave. Under balancing would lead to flutter. Before I built my own rotors I was a gyroglider instructor for our club. We lacked funds and were flying on borrowed metal blades. I was worried about being responsible for wrecking the members rotors or a solo student smacking them in so one of the club members build a set of wooden blades. I test flew them and they had issues (not because they were wood I learned on wood rotors and consider them superior) the guy had balanced them at about 28% chord and they were tremulously stable. We hit a thermal that topped the hall gauge at 80mph+ barely effected. A little overbalance can be protective too much is disastrous. However I have also flown on skywheels and found them fine. I didn't pilot them beyond 60mph but my instructor gave me a good demo of what the aircommand could do we hit 80mph before a wing steep climb and wing over (all +g). I doubt it was the blades but wouldn't surprise me if they were not properly chordwise balanced. They were very stiff. I have a cross section from a wrecked set. They were massively thick. So not very flexible chordwise. Even if too far overbalanced you might not get the negative effects as a result. Note propellers are not chordwise balanced nor are aircraft wings but the rigidity stops this being an issue, but I'd rather not tempt fate. My own experience leads me to believe a flexible rotor with a slightly overbalanced rotor but below 30% might make a more effective training blade that could be replaced with a sports blade might solve some of our issues but nothing replaces good training. The aircommand over promised on performance and IMO the blade size co pared to power to weight was dangerous at higher speeds. A 20ft 7 inch chord rotor on a lightweight machine like that would have had the broad speed envelope fetters wanted holding the bigger sky wheels back for two seat work. The price you pay for bigger blades is safety at speed. When Wallis broke the speed record he had 19 foot 6 1/2 inch chord rotors on his Mac powered machine. He also had an in flight adjustable head offset I believe and a adjustable tail to keep the airframe level at speed. Speed is not you friend in these machines. Consider this. HS are I believe oversold. Try this thought experiment. Bolt your machine to the ground facing into a 40mph headwind. Do the same to a fixed wing beside you. Now in the fixed wing push your stick full forward and backward. What happens to the wing? Noting because its fixed to the fuselage. The stab on the fixed wing slows the wings response because its connected directly via the fuselage to the wing. Now on the gyro assuming your blades are spun up. Push the stick forwards and back. Any resistance? Can you stop it from unloading? No because even if the airframe can't move one inch you can still unload the rotor because its not fixed. So HS cannot be as good as directly bolting the frame to a slab of concrete. The answer is to then keep the disk from being too shallow to the relative airflow and to fly the disk not the airframe. Be gentle and keep the speed down and you'll be fine. Also don't think you need a massive set of rotors. I know a guy who flew 18 foot rotors on a great little light chrome molly gyro. He had a 503 on it the frame and engine was one piece the axles came off, as did the short mast, nose, tail. Desinged to slide into his station wagon. He'd bolt it all together in an hour or so. The blades spun up quicker he got off just a quickly the machine could fly just as slow. Anyway the bumble bee looks like a great machine do loads of strip runs after the dual training hours balancing. Do the small hops, bigger hops etc. After dual as a light single seater if going to be massively different to dual machine. If you can find a gyroglider the feel will be identical solo to a light single seat machine. All the best

[@KB3M]

I like that they've ground tested this by firing it thru a spinning rotor mounted on the back of a truck. I'm eagerly waiting for an actual rotorcraft save. I emailed Galaxy recently and confirmed still no saves. I would rather it attached to the frame but I looked for accidents that occurred due to rotor head departing the shaft, either gyros or helicopters and couldn't find any. I don't recall any gyro wreckage with a missing hub. I think this is a must for new gyro pilots wanting to fly single place and has me considering an ultralight Mosquito helicopter. There are strikingly few Mosquito accidents or deaths compared to Rotorway.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Another good use for the forgotten and undersppreciated gyroglider.

[@michaelvadney5803]

I remember that there was an Air Command tandem that had a BRS fitted to it in the hopes of selling autogyro recovery systems back around the late 1990's or 2000's. The system had two mounting locations. One on the bottom of the gyro and one up on the mast. When the BRS was fired the gyro would invert and thne pilot would pull a pin to let it swing upright to the 2nd mounting point on the mast. I don't believe that they ever tested the setup as testing would be expensive and dangerous.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Yes I saw that too.

[@Ramblequist]

Sport Copters fly inverted ;)

[@frankcastle7299]

Imagine deploying this parachute in a hurricane. That would be a hell of a ride 😐👍

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Ha - I hear you although I guess that goes for flying in a hurricane too!

[@truckerray7533]

I watched all of this in hope to see this parachute actually work onboard a gyrocopter aicraft. No such luck. Gyrocopters can performe an autorotation just like a real helicopter. But I unnderstand the concept!

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Are there wire cutters like some helicopters have? What about spraying crops with gyrocopters? Anyone know where I can learn more about this? I know there are a couple but they only seem to carry 50 gal or so. I think they probably can’t outcompete helicopters.

[@grancitodos7318]

For crop spraying only, long, thick, and wide blades, will give a lot of lift, and make the gyrocopter fly slow, but for spraying, that is fine.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Gyroplanes can be extremely safe to fly, in experienced hands, whereby human error or inexperience, are probably the most causes for accidents! The fact that if your pusher engine fails, you can " relatively" safely land by auto gyration, again, in the hands of a well trained pilot. This is one of the main safety features of gyroplanes. However, having a ballistic parachute onboard, gives you another " last ditch" safety measure, or option, that can save your life if the main rotors fall off, and auto gyration to land , is no longer possible. Belt and Braces, a good thing to have in any craft that tries to defy gravity!

[@TheArmchairrocker]

Why not just make the masts hollow tubes that store the parachute and shoot them out of the center of the mast? Would require redesigning the disk to use a hub/ring to spin around the slightly larger mast, but they should be able to easily engineer this.

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

That actually sounds a very neat solution for gyroplanes. File the patent this time next year....

[@KB3M]

The Italian Zefhir uses a top of rotor ballistic parachute. The below video is real life remote controlled test. It would be great it Galaxy tested their system similarly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGrKYX9uqqt7g7c

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Be firing through a rotor travelling at hundreds of rpm.

[@TheArmchairrocker]

@@cameronlapworth2284 that's what it's doing now according to the video. If it were a tube containing the chute with the rotor on a ring hub, the mast tube can extend past the rotor disk and the chute and rigging would not interfere with it when deployed.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@TheArmchairrocker the masts are tiny 50×60mm the head would need to be designed to fit the parachute through the middle. Could be done but all the blade manufactures would need to adapt etc. Another solution could be some sort of sensor the fired in time. Honestly though this system seems the best I've seen. There was one that was mounted on top of the rotor head. Or just wait for the rotor to stop. Gyros fall like a parachute anyway in a vertical descent it's only really if you unload your rotor that it's beyond saving at which point a parachute could save you it takes all of 2 or 3 seconds for the rotor to stop fire after that?

[@miltonnacimentonacimento6560]

Parabéns ótima ideia! Antes tarde d q nunca!

[@dwightbernheimer331]

They have been experimenting for decades with that for helicopters must be a reason why they haven't done it yet... stop typing that was rhetorical LOL good stuff thanks for posting

[@harrickvharrick3957]

They HAVE done it yet. Italian technology company has landed a remote-contled full sized heli over a year ago. They are gonna repeat that demo this year in the States and are busy setting up a subsidiary company in North Carolina for future production and servicing

[@brendenstahl2878]

what would happen if the rotor broke midair?

[@rudylopez5060]

This is superb.. this method saves lives. They shud install on a jetliner coz it carries 400 to 500 pax

[@ptrsrrll]

Engage brain before operating fingers..

[@alcimar1973]

And in the event of a catastrophic failure of the rotor head, how would the rope fastening look?

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

It’s a good question but one addressed by the system where they recommend and supply a Kevlar rope that runs from the rotor head to the main body of the aircraft

[@dofinfritts6506]

Ya right, show an actual flight test with recovery.

[@excellenceinanimation960]

How much are gyrocopters? Looks like it would be great fun but I could spend nowhere near an aircraft!

[@Zuckerpuppekopf]

How common is rotor damage, either in mechanical function or direct material failure? The gyrocopter is supposed to be effectively immune to engine failure, and presumably without need of a b-parachute...unless the main rotor fails also.

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Rotor damage usually comes as a secondary / effect from something else, usually pilot mishandling. That said I can think of 4 fatal gyroplane accidents in 2020 where a BRS could have saved all lives. 477AG, G-CKYT, 11TG, 261MD.

[@dplaing4475]

I don't know about the rest of the world, but in New Zealand the acquisition and frequently illegal use of UAV's/drones is exponential - even near airfields. Regrettably, the yobbo factor here is substantial. Ergo; perceived risk of meeting one of these mid-air.

[@martinsavage6838]

The problem I can see with this is that all of the gyro accidents I have seen video of happen on take off or landing, close to the ground, almost zero reaction time so a ‘chute would be of no use.

[@guyalexander8008]

I think this system should be seriously considered especially in light of the recent Utah push over/torque over accident. I would question if having the attachment point at the rotor head would be best given that that is the area of high kinetic energy/potential failure as well as the whole mast structure snapping under a negative G condition. Fire the rocket downwards and rearwards and attach to the lower keel would be simpler - issue would be the potential injury of a nose down descent to ground.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

I agree with that logic. I have a BRS-5 mounted under my Pitbull & tethered to the tail. If it's going in the dirt, it's going nose first with the 5 point seat belts working at their best angle. I've crashed enough race cars to know how I prefer it!

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Hi all - I'm not an agent for the product and am merely communicating its existence however what I would say is that this wasn't the work of 5 minutes and if I was to buy and fit one to my own gyroplane [and I would but I don't own one currently because of the virus interruptions] I'd install as per the instructions. On the mast failure I think Galaxy are aware of that potential because they suggest you run a kevlar belt from the top fixing to the main frame of the gyro. But otherwise I do hear you and follow the logic.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

@@gyrocopterflyingclub6148 In my application the mass of the engine is in front of me, not behind where it could slap me in the back of the head while I'm eating dirt but either way you are looking for the best scenario in a horrible situation so it's not going to be pretty if you have to sacrifice everything around you to not be a statistic.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Did the guy in Utah have enough hight? Most fatal unloading happen near the ground turning onto final usually in windy conditions. In his case I'd think it would have been touch and go to deploy in time. Needs 300ft? Did he have 300ft. But I know one bloke how would have survived elthougb he was determined to get his machine to 105mph. Several of us directly warned him he risked fatally unloading his rotor, he brushed us off because he had a high thrust line vs cg and a large hs (true) I spoke to a daughter of the farmer whos property he crashed on she said he was flung out of the cockpit leaving the lower part of his leg in the instrument panel. The gps confirmed he'd been doing 98knots stopped abruptly. His body was about 50m in front of the cockpit. It wouldn't have helped him. His seatbelt was ripped out of its sockets (this may have been poorly designed). Anyway I hope they work but wouldn't count on the saving you all the time. No substitute for proper training.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

@@cameronlapworth2284 There are certainly many scenarios where a chute might not save your ass. There are three things that stand out to me in that recent crash in UT, sudden pitch up, full right rudder & power still on all the way to impact. All actions you would expect from a right handed pilot during a heart attack but it could have been as simple as a left rudder control loss & pilot panic. We'll just have to wait forever for the official report on that one. If I ever have a holy shit moment, I'm going for the Jesus handle now that I have one!

[@renascidoemcristo5642]

I always thought that way

[@douglasfachincicone996]

How many feet is necessary for to open completly? solve the Heighty x Speed Diagram problem?

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

On the website they say from 60m to 110m depending on the forward speed.

[@YaShoom]

You can never say anything is 100% safe. 1) The system may not work due to individual failure, improper installation/incompatibility or breakdown. 2) The system can work, but do it wrong and only worsen the situation. 3) Even if the system works correctly, it does not guarantee that you will not break your neck or back on landing, which might not happen in a normal emergency landing.

[@joseelias7014]

sem esquecer que aeronaves de asas rotativas ,, estao no topo de segurança, ´´no cazo normal de pane ´´

[@nikson1520]

Então ,parou é só cair né?

[@tarabottogino]

GF Club, is it possible to add this BRS to a XE285 Mosquito? Thank you.

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Hello - I've no idea. The best people to answer such questions would be the manufacturer where Google is your friend. Cheers, Phil.

[@neuralwarp]

We already have a BRS. It's called a "rotor".

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Yeah....but..... nobody can make a mistake?

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Precisely

[@shreddder999]

Can you get this for the car???

[@KumaBean]

If you feel like you need this for your car, you probably shouldn't be driving 😂

[@joaomiltongoncalves6847]

girocoptero does not need a parachute his rotor is already a parachute.

[@dsdy1205]

It's a pretty shitty parachute no matter which metric you'd care to consider it by

[@cliddily]

It would save you from a bad pushover when the rotor strikes the tail..as a gyropilot myself, I probably get a lot more people willing to fly with me too if I had one! :)

[@thefreedomguyuk]

​@dsdy1205 How so ??

[@not_yet_nifter-6423]

I'm sure having the chute pod right behind the exhaust is a good long term solution...hahaha

[@OifelOifel]

Should be mandetory like on fixed wings (at least they are here in Germany for fixed wing microlights)

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Why ? You always keep an eye on a suitable place for a dead stick out landing, which is a standard manoeuvre. It's not difficult to do. And you can use the aircraft again next day.

[@bartgoins1782]

"Zero fatalities" is no longer true. There were two fatalities at the Truckee, California airport recently in a Cirrus when the CAP system was used too low.

[@ricbarker4829]

I think the 100% success or no fatalities is based on the BRS being activated within the stated height/speed envelope.

[@angahown6391]

fligh most have its... made big parashut... for airbus... for save peuple

[@manueleimarato9074]

L'ho sempre pensato

[@Oskarin]

Si esos inventos los pusieran en practica más a escala comercial no hubieran tantos siniestros

[@mvisilva]

Its not better put the parachute above the helice, Instead of open aside?

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Yes but then you have a lot of weight more high up so that isn't ideal for normal flying. there is an italian helicopter with this high system in this link - zefhir.eu

[@golf779]

God bless

[@user-tq8ps5wh9u]

Круто.

[@БорисБукин-и7ъ]

Здорово!

[@donaldtaylor828]

That's not a gyroplane or gyrocopter! That's a plane that might be a plane kit, built by the owner.

[@pedrocastellon3463]

👍👍👍 VÍDEO

[@АлексСим-л5г]

Это может быть востребовано пилотами, не слишком уверенными в себе. А так же тем, кто любит максимальную безопасность.

[@YaShoom]

А причём тут уверенность в себе, если это связанно с неуверенностью в летательном аппарате, что он выдержит приземление.

[@АлексСим-л5г]

@@YaShoom я имел ввиду, что пилоты , не уверенные в себе, ТОЖЕ поставят себе такое устройство. Например, человек знает, что у него может случиться внезапное ухудшение здоровья, возможно даже с потерей сознания или ориентации. Чтобы не рисковать, он может просто использовать посадку на парашюте. Не у всех есть кнопка "Авто возврат на базу".

[@YaShoom]

@@АлексСим-л5г понятно, значит "неуверенные в своём организме". Просто выражение "неуверенные в себе" имеет однозначный подтекст, связанный с социальной оценкой, оценкой своих возможностей в обществе.

[@АлексСим-л5г]

@@YaShoom ну я не совсем был не точен. про организм-это пример. Хотя и основной. Может быть ещё человек, (опять же например-женщина, девушка) который "права за сало купил", сомневается, осилит ли он посадку в сложных метеоусловиях (боковой внетер, туман). А уйти на запасной может не получиться... Эт я уже фантазирую. Основной посыл у меня был конечно про организм. Это я из-за личного автомобильного опыта написал. 5 лет назад я в ноябре ехал за рулём с юга в Питер по новой трассе М-11. Ночь, уже около часу, машин 1 на километр, У меня старая (6 лет) лысая, летняя резина, температура опустилась до -1 град, ни одной заправки, бензину в обрез, и вообще нет ничего на трассе, она новая, не оборудованная, голая, идёт через леса и болота, фонари трассу освещают, но темень по бокам, машину начинает "водить", и чтобы меня добить окончательно у меня начинает кружиться голова, а в глаза как будто песок насыпали -позвоночник! вопчем "тааам в степии глухооой..." Об этом я и вспомнил, увидев парашют).

[@frankalbergo8120]

I'd recommend reexamining your data.

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Hi - happy to if you give me some colour on what you think is wrong...

[@pamaran916]

അടി പൊളി

[@мирумир---8]

Непонял! Работает или нет?

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Да, предполагается, что все работает отлично по результатам тестирования

[@мирумир---8]

@@gyrocopterflyingclub6148 👍

[@thefreedomguyuk]

0% fatalities, but 100% total hull losses. Dead stick landings are more constructive. BRS are for people with very limited flying skills!

[@savagecub]

100% ? I don’t think that’s accurate. I can recall at least one CAPS deployment in a heavily developed spin that was not successful.

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Yes but I did say there was some caveat / devil of the detail.... I think what Cirrus claim is that when CAPS has been deployed successfully... i.e. not outside of the limitations of the system . The AvWeb film explains it better than me [see the description for the link]. I think generally and especially for the guys who just really don't fly enough to stay fully on top of things and for those who come to aviation late [so the basics just haven't really locked in enough to be puked out automatically i.e. R/T and basics around flight planning, met etc] then a BRS seems likely to be a nice thing for them to have in the pocket - and the rest of us who are not immune! I used to fly with an aerobatic instructor who never wore a parachute on the basis that his view was that the use of one likely created its own problems in terms of movements etc and that for the most part the decision to use one or not likely meant you hit the ground anyway. I elected to use one on the basis I knew 100th about aeros that this guy did and so my mistakes were likely to be more fundamental and I'd hate to be at 1500ft wishing I had one as I rode an accident all the way in...

[@fransevo1247]

Zenius

[@felixcat9318]

Ballistic Parachute Recovery Systems should only ever be considered to be credible if there is documented, verified, video recorded evidence of it being deployed from a Pilot controlled aircraft in which the Pilot is actually flying that manned aircraft from within the cockpit (not by remote control of an unmanned drone aircraft!). Why would you fit a system from a manufacturer whose own test Pilots have not actually used their own system! If it has not been tested successfully in a manually flown aircraft occupied by Pilot/s but only on a weighted, unmanned drone aircraft, avoid it at all costs!

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Well there are two things to say here. The first is that all mature aviation nations have strict control and airworthiness processes which cover the fitment of any systems and it’s likely their engineering experience is more than robust. The second is that you would only ever use such a recovery system if your safety is any way imperilled so I guess at that point you don’t get too picky about how it’s been tested as long as it pulls your fat out of the fire??

[@YaShoom]

Parachute on a gyroplane? Are you kidding or what? It's absurd, it's like eating ice cream with milk.

[@มดแดง-ฃ3ข]

ฉันคิดว่าร่มชูชีพอาจจะไม่ใช่ทางเลือกสุดท้ายเรามีมอเตอร์ไฟฟ้ากำลังสูงทำงานทดแทนในสภาวะเครื่องยนต์หลักล้มเหลวจุดทำงาน

[@terryjordan7276]

This is a low budget video. Ill make a better one with a fan tommorow morning

[@gyrocopterflyingclub6148]

Please post a link when you have managed it.

[@jameschristiansson3137]

@@gyrocopterflyingclub6148 We're still waiting for him . . .