Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #40618
From: James H. Keyworth <jhk@clearwire.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: enough runway"
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:50:43 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
"...one also needs a pilot accessible switch to override the "squat" switch, if any. ES and Legacy FG pilots will have to use something else, a boat anchor perhaps."
 
 
This is, admittedly, a neophyte's question, but as Lancairs are such slick little beasts, is there any reason not to install/use a drag chute (a la Air Force) for those emergencies that a squat switch override might be called for?  If a Cirrus can free fall gently with a big one, wouldn't a smaller deployable chute stop an overrun safely? 
 
One would probably have to ensure the triggering device were dependent on the squat switch being already activated.
 
JHK
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