SkyDekker 1,465 #1 January 16, 2004 anybody ever heard of this skyhook 5? http://www.dropzonepress.com/ basic concept is using a parachute for airplane emergencies. Not for each individual passenger, but for the airplane as a whole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 January 16, 2004 I wonder what Bill Booth thinks about the nameI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #3 January 16, 2004 Quoteanybody ever heard of this skyhook 5? http://www.dropzonepress.com/ basic concept is using a parachute for airplane emergencies. Not for each individual passenger, but for the airplane as a whole. I belive Cirus Aircraft come with the system installed as standard equipment. http://www.cirrusdesign.com/ There has been at least one save on the system AFAIK. I think Freeflight in Elsinore is making some of the canopies for the system.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #4 January 16, 2004 I saw a concept much like this on TV - maybe the Discovery Chanel, or somthing like that, nearly 10 years ago. I figure the private plane market is too small to support the design of such a thing, while the air transport industry has too good of a safety record to require such a thing. The damn things just don't crash often enough... Besides, what is it? It's an inflatable wing to carry a plane down. News flash: planes ALREADY has wings. Generally wings don't fail, so having a backup wing doesn't seem like a good to me. Now think about wingloading, and how big of a canopy would be required to get close to a standard wingloading... _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #5 January 16, 2004 QuoteI saw a concept much like this on TV - maybe the Discovery Chanel, or somthing like that, nearly 10 years ago. I figure the private plane market is too small to support the design of such a thing, while the air transport industry has too good of a safety record to require such a thing. The damn things just don't crash often enough... Besides, what is it? It's an inflatable wing to carry a plane down. News flash: theinvestment plane ALREADY has wings. Generally wings don't fail, so having a backup wing doesn't seem like a good to me. Now think about wingloading, and how big of a canopy would be required to get close to a standard wingloading... _Am Those were some of my first reactions as well, but there are some interesting articles on the site. I just wonder how much of it is truly viable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #6 January 19, 2004 Cirrus has a giant round that is litteraly blown out of the roof with explosives for this reason. there already has been a save with this too. it will keep everyone alive in the end...but it wont keep the plane in tact... Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #7 January 19, 2004 QuoteBesides, what is it? It's an inflatable wing to carry a plane down. News flash: planes ALREADY has wings. Generally wings don't fail, so having a backup wing doesn't seem like a good to me. True a ram air would be more of a problem. How do you clear a mall on something that big. A round on the other hand has merit. Putting major structural damage aside, say the engine quits. Many light aircraft can be flown for some distance with no power, and make a good aproach and landing at an airfield, or even a highway or country road. What happens when there is no sutible area to land in gliding distance. Say over forrest for 100's od square miles, or over the mountians. That's what happened on the one Cirrus systems save recently. The A/C in question had a malfunction of the controlsystem I believe, and was set down safely in trees byt the emergency parachute. After climbing out of the A/C and down a tree the men walked away to fly again.....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #8 January 19, 2004 The whole skyhook 5 thing is lame. I actually met the dude who came up with the idea. He came out to the DZ to ask the rigger (me) about certain aspects of the scheme. The fact that he thought he could get useful information about suspending a 747 from 5 parachutes from the likes of a senior parachute rigger should give you some indication of how realistic this guy is. Impression I got was of a well intentioned, but sadly un-informed old coot who wants to save the airline traveling public from a non-existent problem. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,065 #9 January 19, 2004 >Besides, what is it? It's an inflatable wing to carry a plane down. News > flash: planes ALREADY has wings. Generally wings don't fail, so > having a backup wing doesn't seem like a good to me. Could save a lot of people every year, though. You are a VFR pilot flying through IMC. You pick up ice and start to descend despite full power. You're over the mountains. What do you do? A BRS could well save your life under those conditions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sburkart 0 #10 January 19, 2004 QuoteNews flash: planes ALREADY has wings. Sometimes they lose them. 4 or 5 years ago a small plane making a run from R.I. to Philly suffered a catastrophic failure of the airframe that resulted in 3 fatalities (4 if you count the dog.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gremlin 0 #11 January 19, 2004 The question has to be who is going to climb out of the aircraft to steer the parachute? Can you image in the size of the toggles on that baby? lol I'm drunk, you're drunk, lets go back to mine.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pick 0 #12 January 19, 2004 A friend of mine got a "silk ride" when the engine quit in his Flightstar ultralight over dense trees......his BRS saved him from certain injury and even limited the damage to the airplane to remarkably repairable. Bottom line: They work. There are a few other vendors out there that use other means of chute extraction, but BRS is still the most popular........and to my knowledge is the only one STC'd for use in certified aircraft. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
