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Ballistic parachute for the pilot or craft? I guess whoever is under it is SOL, as in a plane or helicopter crash.
by thrtythreeforty 4y ago
Ballistic parachute for the pilot or craft? I guess whoever is under it is SOL, as in a plane or helicopter crash.
- jaclaz 4y agoCannot say specifically, but usually ballistic parachutes for ultralight planes are for the whole craft, not for the pilot only.
- nradov 4y agoThe parachute unit is integrated into the airframe. If it's used, the pilot remains inside the aircraft and rides it down to the ground. These parachutes do take a few seconds to inflate and decelerate a falling aircraft. So there is a "dead zone" in the flight envelope: too low to use the parachute, too high to survive an uncontrolled crash.