Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
I just watched Mike Patey's video on his decision to install a parachute and his interview with Jay who had a structural failure in a Super Cub. Curious to what failed, accident report etc.
Fatal I assume?
So you cut holes to lighten, then add a parachute to make up for the increased risk of structural failure? Are ballistic parachutes that lightweight?
No actually, both survived with pretty serious injures, took some healing time but they are back to functional life.
One wing folded in flight, plane spiraled in hard.
Makes me more appreciative of the rear spar beef up kit I installed.....
there seems to be no actual report of the failure, and NTSB didn’t travel to the scene? So aside from Fobjobs report we don’t have much to go on. I was wondering if only half of one wing folded.
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Guaranteed bent spar with those inboard of beef up. Horrible placement
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I had a loaded down dome tent at Smiley Creek end up about 100' from where I had just set it up 5 minutes earlier. Dead calm, blue sky, 9 in the morning, and I'd flown in, and had walked away to the water faucet to fill up a water bag. I never heard or felt a gust, but when I turned around saw that some kind of micro burst or something had moved the tent. I knew from experience how stable this tent was with my gear in it. Another guy saw it happen, still one of the strangest and spookiest meteorological events I have ever observed, just strange as heck. That was 30 years ago, and I still pucker up a bit when flying that area though nothing unusual has since happened, just thought I'd throw that out there.
Would a chute help if something happened while flying at 100 feet AGL? In all the videos, have you ever seen any of those Flying Cow boys fly high enough for a chute to be effective?
If I am correct, more span and cord. The plane should be huge.
And don't attempt to find the speed of sound.Geoffry DeHavilland: You must simplicate and add lightness....