Steerable parachutes?
Are ejection seat parachutes steerable, or is a pilot in danger of ejecting at low altitude and landing in his plane's burning wreckage?
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mhansen2 wrote:Are ejection seat parachutes steerable,No. or is a pilot in danger of ejecting at low altitude and landing in his plane's burning wreckage?No.
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When I think about it, it seems to me that an aircraft is going very fast, and a pilot with a deployed parachute is going to slow very rapidly, so ... the aircraft is likely to be a long ways away...
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I have heard of pilot and guy-in-back ejecting after a crash landing and then parachuting into the flaming wreckage. I cannot give you a citation, as it was relayed to me during a dinner with a civil...
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emc wrote:I have heard of pilot and guy-in-back ejecting after a crash landing and then parachuting into the flaming wreckage. I cannot give you a citation, as it was relayed to me during a dinner...
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Looks like the times they are a changing for aircrew parachute training (without having to do real jumps when they might be injured - not good for a chance event otherwise):...
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mhansen2 wrote:Are ejection seat parachutes steerable, slightlyone can cut two, marked shrouds on each side and slightly steer generally when one uses the term "steerable parachutes" one is referring...
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Yeah, round parachutes don't *quite* descend vertically; they're designed to have a slight forward slip so that that the user can do a little bit of steering to avoid hitting an isolated tree in an...
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