X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:07:22 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from msgmmp-3.gci.net ([209.165.130.13] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2267743 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:11:23 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.165.130.13; envelope-from=ogrady@gci.net Received: from [10.0.1.8] ([24.237.13.108]) by msgmmp-1.gci.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.03 (built Jun 27 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0JMW00ANAE5JWK20@msgmmp-1.gci.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:10:36 -0800 (AKDT) X-Original-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:08:28 -0800 From: Thomas O'Grady Subject: BRS Descents In-reply-to: X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <9FFB8A4C-4DA3-4BD0-80BC-EA8F8405213D@gci.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_ab2Qv78rLL6YXQh1XF7uQQ)" References: --Boundary_(ID_ab2Qv78rLL6YXQh1XF7uQQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Then again, if you come down tail first, the engine comes down on top =20= of you. Tom O N241DM On Aug 16, 2007, at 5:19 PM, John Hafen wrote: > > I don=92t know if a carbon fiber tail cruncher would absorb energy as =20= > well as an aluminum tail of an old Cessna, but it might be worth =20 > looking into. > > Maybe BRS systems should cant the plane so as to use the tail to =20 > absorb the shock. > > --Boundary_(ID_ab2Qv78rLL6YXQh1XF7uQQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Then again, if you come down = tail first, the engine comes down on top of you.

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On Aug 16, 2007, at 5:19 PM, = John Hafen wrote:

I don=92t know if a carbon fiber tail cruncher = would absorb energy as well as an aluminum tail of an old Cessna, but it = might be worth looking into.

Maybe BRS systems should cant the plane so as = to use the tail to absorb the shock.