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Any reason you couldn't add steering controls to an emergency parachute, just like skydivers use? Not manually pulled, but with some small emergency actuators?

Any reason you couldn't add steering controls to an emergency parachute, just like skydivers use? Not manually pulled, but with some small emergency actuators? Basically you'd just need the ability to pull down corners of the parachute, right?

cpncrunch 10y ago
If the engine is still operating, you might be able to steer: https://www.cirruspilots.org/copa/safety_programs/b/pull_early_pull_often/archive/2010/09/26/brs-founder-boris-popov-on-the-cirrus-parachute-system.aspx https://www.cirruspilots.org/copa/safety_programs/b/pull_ear... (although obviously most of the times you would want to use the chute is because the engine has died!)
alphapapa 10y ago
Maybe. But if you're making an emergency landing in a populated area, there is generally no safe place to land. Parachute or not, you're probably going to land on or in the middle of something, and injury or property damage is almost certain. Whereas, if my car breaks down on the street...