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frank-margie(at)worldnet. Guest
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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He got a full canopy, but the kevlar bridal
>seperated when it came into contact with the sharp edge of the engine
>mount. Unfortunately, it was his last flight. Those two events
>happened 15 years ago. Mine in March and Aubrey's in May. BTW My
>parachute worked.
He did have the spades on his plane, but later we cut down the ailerons and
archived the same or better results.
That's right about the crash - except Aubrey had a "Second Chance" chute
with a "nylon"
bridal
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Ref. John Hauck's above post:
John,
Does "nylon" mean they called it nylon, but it was actually kevlar?
If it was really kevlar, what does that say about the current BRS setup? What do you use for a bridle?
Thanks,
Frank Clyma
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Possum
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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No... the 2nd chantz had a "nylon" bridal back then. The BRS had a
'steel" bridal
back then, but they have switched to "kevlar" now. I think they know what they
are doing, at least I hope they do. Your bridal may very well go thru your prop
and I think that is why they switched to kevlar. It will take lickin'
(even from a warp drive)
and keep on tickin'.
BTW - I sunk one of the KXP's in a local lake,( Pilot error - I'm
told) and left it
under water for for 24 hrs.
Pulled it up the next day. It had a six year old BRS unit. We let the
water drain out
of the canister and fired it off about a week later. I hooked the
chute around backwards
so the rocket would have to pull it out inflated. Worked great!
Quote: | That's right about the crash - except Aubrey had a "Second Chance" chute
with a "nylon"
bridal
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Ref. John Hauck's above post:
John,
Does "nylon" mean they called it nylon, but it was actually kevlar?
If it was really kevlar, what does that say about the current
BRS setup? What do you use for a bridle?
Thanks,
Frank Clyma
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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REFERENCE:
No... the 2nd chantz had a "nylon" bridal back then. The BRS had a
'steel" bridal
back then, but they have switched to "kevlar" now. I think they know what they
are doing, at least I hope they do. Your bridal may very well go thru your prop
and I think that is why they switched to kevlar. It will take lickin'
(even from a warp drive)
and keep on tickin'.
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Thanks! I knew about the earlier steel bridle from BRS (I've still got one around somewhere from an Eagle, which I guess dates me a little----), but I didn't know what 2nd Chantz used, and Jonn's post made me wonder.
Frank Clyma
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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OK, follow me: bridle=a harness; bridel=marriage. Come to think of
it, dang near the same!
regards,
Bob N.
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JetPilot
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 1246
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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Possum wrote: |
Your bridal may very well go thru your prop
and I think that is why they switched to kevlar. It will take lickin'
(even from a warp drive)
and keep on tickin'.
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That is something I had not really thought about, but seems very likely If I ever need to pop the chute I will make sure I throttle back first, or even shut down the engine if there is time...
Michael A. Bigelow
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:08 am Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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OK, follow me: bridle=a harness; bridel=marriage. >>
Oh Bob,
such cynicism in one so young!
Cheers
Pat
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rsanoa
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Bell Buckle,TN
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: KEVLAR BRIDLE |
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If possible , place your ignition switch close to the hand you will use to pop the chute. As close as possible to the chute activating handle. It's extremely important to kill the engine if at all possible before deploying. I know of two cases where the chute and harness entangled with a revolving prop. One was a good friend of mine who did'nt have time to kill the engine. Had a new BRS. I have a toggle switch mounted close to the throttle and activating handle so that I can sweep my hand back across the switch handle on it's way to the chute handle.
JetPilot <orcabonita(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
Possum wrote:
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Your bridal may very well go thru your prop
and I think that is why they switched to kevlar. It will take lickin'
(even from a warp drive)
and keep on tickin'.
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That is something I had not really thought about, but seems very likely [Shocked] If I ever need to pop the chute I will make sure I throttle back first, or even shut down the engine if there is time...
Michael A. Bigelow
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