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06-17-2017, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: (2OK2) OK City, OK
Posts: 358
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RV "Hitting a Wall"...
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Originally Posted by N941WR
A couple of thoughts on installing a BRS in an RV, any RV. "...The -9(A) can fly so slow, if you have a problem, trim it for best glide, and unless you hit a wall, you "should" be OK."
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Even if you "hit a wall", you still might be okay! In mid-2000's an RV-6 hit a parked dump truck in a Dept. of California parking lot, yet both pilot and pax survived! Upon impact, their bodies were thrown forward which pulled on their shoulder straps and transferred the deceleration G load to the tail cone where the steel wires attach. This pulled the tail cones together, and when they got to the point where they couldn't do that any more, the double row of rivets (that attach the baggage area fwd fuselage to the tail cone), all sheared off! This then allowed the tail cone to slide forward, and both pilot and pax received deep lacerations when their heads hit the metal front edge of the instrument panel cover; but they did thankfully survive. Just shows how important it is to properly control the aircraft all the way to the flare, and not allow it to hit hard which is never good on internal organs!
Doug Lomheim
RV-9A Mazda 13B/FWF
RV-3A sold
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06-17-2017, 07:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 1,664
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thread drift. the glare shield edge should make us aware of danger. this may not be the final solution but it may help. a hard round shape. an idea stolen from Kevin Horton.
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Steve Melton
Cincinnati, OH
RV-9A, Tip-up, Superior O-320, roller lifters, 160HP, WW 200RV, dual impulse slick mags, oil pressure = 65 psi, EGT = 1300F, flight hours = 600+ for all
Simplicity is the art in design.
see Amanda Melton for www.rvplasticparts.com
Last edited by Steve Melton : 06-17-2017 at 07:40 PM.
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06-19-2017, 10:48 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: (2OK2) OK City, OK
Posts: 358
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Instrument Panel Edge Cover
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Originally Posted by Steve Melton
thread drift. the glare shield edge should make us aware of danger. this may not be the final solution but it may help. a hard round shape. an idea stolen from Kevin Horton.
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Very nice!
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06-19-2017, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Lawton, OK
Posts: 256
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RV 9A brs
Aero classic makes an excellent cushioned edge for the instrument panel edge. I installed one. Very easy. Looks good.
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RV9A Bill
RV9A 789BT flying
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06-19-2017, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,671
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Coming back to the idea of a parachute, this video, showing the ground test of the BRS installed in the Glasair Sportsman, gives an idea of the energy involved in firing the parachute rocket.
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06-25-2018, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Posts: 7
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BRS
Check out the June issue of kitplanes...there is an article about my install on an RV-9A along with some weight and balance sheets.
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