Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group European S-LSA manufacturer seeking view...

BRS is indeed a complicated install and by the way we finish 4 to 6 aircraft in the time it takes BRS to build one parachute (6 months and waiting for 3 BRS still). I think BRS will be soon taken over by competing interests because of this kind of thing. If I had extra time, I would certainly myself jump into the BRS vacuum in the US right now. All their patents are expired and they do not care about LSA market judging by their actions and they don't build parachutes in the US anymore but in Mexico so their US manufactured advantage is nil.

Having said all that, whatever people/dealers say to justify not getting a BRS doesn't really work when you are headed downward and wishing you had that last possible chance to pull that handle. $4500 seems pretty cheap at that time. Nothing is guaranteed to work and having a BRS does not mean you start to do aerobatics in a plane not rated for aerobatics or fly irresponsibly. Its the last chance chance you have when stuff hits the ceiling.

Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, palmettoe@... wrote:
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> RC, BRS are a complicated and expensive install on SeaReys, so most
> dealers and owners rationalize you don't need them for that and different
> reasons. No A/C recovery system is guaranteed but BRS has recorded saves as low as
> 100 feet but (don't count on it).
> Now, the sliding canopy....seems to me a twisted or warped airframe as
> a result of a wheels down landing could prevent a sliding canopy from
> opening also.
> Helen, I enjoy your posts, but your dealership ambitions are beginning
> to surface.
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> John
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> In a message dated 1/31/2011 5:49:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> rckchp@... writes:
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> Bob,
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> Thanks for the info on what altitude is needed for BRS deployment.....I
> thought that might be the case but wasn't sure so I didn't make that point to
> Helen.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Comperini <bob@...>
> To: Sport Aircraft <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:39:11 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group European S-LSA
> manufacturer seeking views from US pilots, owners and others
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> >As for the BRS, most seaplane flying is done below 1000' where a BRS
> isn't going to be of any use and there's plenty of runway all about.
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> Wellll.... BRS's only need 250-300 feet to deploy.
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> Bob Comperini
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> e-mail: _bob@..._ (mailto:bob@...)
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> WWW: _http:// www.fly-ul.com_ (http://www.fly-ul.com/)
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