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Jabe had a good answer for this
favorite perennial, "wouldn't it be smart to have a jettisonable
canopy...". Closely related to "I want a parachute so I can get out of my
360...." These pop up regularly.
Simple answer:
Fuggedaboudit. Let the test pilots worry about parachutes, etc on first
flight. My test pilot wore no such thing, I recall.
Guys, if you don't have the technical
background to know what Jabe said about departure paths, before he said it, YOU
should not play with such modifications. Stick to the plans and spend your
time thinking about the quality of your bonding work, the electrical
installations, and firewall forward. You will have plenty to pull your
hair out about just getting a beautiful stock airplane into the air. If
you do that well, and fly smartly, you can put away the parachutes. More
than one guy on this list has learned this the hard way (and is still around to
talk about it).
Ed de Chazal
N361DC (sadly, it is
sold.)
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