Talk:Ballistic Recovery Systems

message: BRS is fine except being over the sea. Does anyone know whether some sort of ignition-inflated raft is developed for planes? I guess there would be a market for travellers to european islands --217.86.19.227 11:10, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sea Recovery 

message: As part of my research into the history of CAPS deployments, I attended a presentation by Paul Johnston, Chief Engineer, Cirrus Aircraft.  He described in great detail how the design was adapted from the BRS GARD system available by STC on the Cessna 150.  There were significant design integration challenges that Cirrus innovated without significant participation by BRS.  Notably, the parachute system was moved behind the baggage compartment bulkhead, the riser design was changed from a 3-point on the top of the Cessna wing to two attachment points on the firewall and the rear bulkhead, the risers were hidden under channels in the fuselage that ripped out when deployed, the rear-riser was folded to achieve a nose-low aerodynamic drag effect, pyrotechnic line cutters were added to release the folded rear-riser.  I will endeavor to find a public source for these design details.
This convinces me that CAPS belongs associated with Cirrus.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sr22beach (talk • contribs) 20:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is about the company and shouldn't be in detail about their products, beyond basic descriptions. I agree that the CAPS text should be split, but I think it ought to be split into its own article, rather than merged into Cirrus Aircraft, Cirrus SR22 or Cirrus SR20. - Ahunt (talk) 20:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to unmerge CAPS from BRS to Cirrus Aircraft 

message: A ballistic parachute is used in the very funny comedy movie The Gods Must Be Crazy II from 1988. They land the same ultralight aircraft twice with the parachute. And they do it in quite a funny way! I don't know if "ballistic parachute" is the proper term but the red button for it in the the aircraft is marked so and that term is also used by one of the actors. Anyway, I just wanted to mention that such parachute landings are shown in that movie.
The landings shown in the movie are probably a bit unrealistic since they use the same parachute twice, without reloading it with a new rocket. Unless they brought a spare rocket with them into the Kalahari Desert... Or perhaps there are systems that don't use a rocket? And the parachute in the movie looks slightly too small to land two persons and an ultralight aircraft softly.
--David Göthberg (talk) 23:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the movies 

message: Not sure how to reflect this. An SR22 crashed on 07/05/2010 near the Essex County, NJ airport (see ). News report on the incident noted:
:The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System or CAPS uses a solid-fuel rocket to shoot a 55-foot parachute out of the top of the aircraft. ... Late Monday, the Essex County Bomb Squad, fearing an explosion that would deploy the parachute, was dispatched to the scene as a precaution if the system needed to be deactivated.
Has this been an issue in other crashes?--Klantry01 (talk) 15:37, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it has - a crash where the rocket is not used means it can go off, particularly if there is a fire. It is also a factor for shipping BRS rockets across borders, too, although there aren't a lot of refs on it. - Ahunt (talk) 17:47, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complicating factor 

message: Do we really need a list of deployments? MilborneOne (talk) 10:51, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not. This was added by some fans and owners, but if this were a type article it wouldn't make WP:AIRCRASH. Perhaps it should be a separate list article? - Ahunt (talk) 14:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Deployment

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message: On their website the address is now: 41383 US Highway 1 Pinebluff NC 28373-8330 38.13.74.147 (talk) 00:28, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New address?