Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cost of renewing a recently expired BSR chute? Fail annual if not renewed?

You'd have to disable it as well before you could install an inop sticker.

Helen

On 5/8/2011 3:26 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
> to get by the annual, you could just put a 'inoperative' tag on the activation
> handle of the BRS.
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> R. Williams
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> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cost of renewing a recently expired
> BSR chute? Fail annual if not renewed?
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>> Buy the way? What exactly is the fabric it's covered with?
>>
>> I don't know much about aircraft fabrics, but understand there are
>> several different types in use… some better than others. Any idea how
>> much life, if hangered, yours is supposed to have?
>>
>> I'm virutally committed to buying a nice LSA (a Skyranger w/912 Rotax,
>> etc.)
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>> I'm about to put a non-refundable $500 hold deposit on it, and the
>> owner is operating in good faith and I've had it pretty extensively
>> check flown and examined, etc.
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>> But one potential issue is coming to my attention at the last second
>> here that I wanted some advice on --One that I hadn't really thought through:
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>> The chute on the BRS is just out of date by a few months.
>> It's my understanding that the propellant/rockets typically have a
>> much longer expiration date, but where it was mounted without taking
>> it off we could not see that date, so I assume that part is within date.
>>
>> Anyone know ballpark how much the repacking (or whatever they call it)
>> for the chute might cost me? Is it small change or sticker shock?
>>
>> Would it fail its next annual if I didn't get the chute
>> repacked/renewed? Or would I be forced to chose between renewing it
>> removing it, or not passing the annual?
>>
>> I do know that new chutes are big ticket items, so getting a bit
>> afraid the renewal could also be.
>>
>> Alex
>>
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