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Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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Post by _s »

crooked-v wrote: post #2

For those wondering at the context, this is a company that builds well-liked small aircraft with the unique feature of having a last-resort emergency parachute for the entire plane built into the fuselage.

Some more context - this the first deployment of the BRS system in their flagship; the Vision Jet.

The Vision Jet is also the only turbine (jet) engine powered aircraft with such a system.

It also boasts the Garmin Safe Return system; where the autopilot lands the aircraft in case of Pilot incapacitation - doing everything from radio calls, selecting the appropriate airport and runway, flying the approach and landing to a stop.

Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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crooked-v wrote: post #2

For those wondering at the context, this is a company that builds well-liked small aircraft with the unique feature of having a last-resort emergency parachute for the entire plane built into the fuselage.

What sort of circumstances would they use this parachute? Engine failure? In a spin?

Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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johntb86 wrote: post #4
crooked-v wrote: post #2

For those wondering at the context, this is a company that builds well-liked small aircraft with the unique feature of having a last-resort emergency parachute for the entire plane built into the fuselage.

What sort of circumstances would they use this parachute? Engine failure? In a spin?

Nearly always in the event of an engine failure or an unrecoverable attitude; which may be a spin.

Cirrus’s transition training emphasises pulling the chute - the seats and airframe are designed to absorb the vertical impact and protect the people on board. Most other aircraft you learn to pick a field to glide into, or do spin / unusual attitude training to recover from them. The chute is essentially a get out of jail free card for when you don’t have the options for any of those things.

Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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Post by p_l »

crooked-v wrote: post #2

For those wondering at the context, this is a company that builds well-liked small aircraft with the unique feature of having a last-resort emergency parachute for the entire plane built into the fuselage.

It's not unique to Cirrus, but Cirrus is probably most well known for having made bigger and heavier planes with BRS

Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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Post by Gracana »

johntb86 wrote: post #4
crooked-v wrote: post #2

For those wondering at the context, this is a company that builds well-liked small aircraft with the unique feature of having a last-resort emergency parachute for the entire plane built into the fuselage.

What sort of circumstances would they use this parachute? Engine failure? In a spin?

Engine failure, running out of fuel, stalls, spins, midair collisions, disorientation, etc. Cirrus has a history of CAPS deployments, linked in the article and copied here: https://www.cirruspilots.org/Safety/CAPS-Event-History

Re: Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

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Post by nopzor »

awesome to see the first real world example of a caps parachute deployment on the vision jet working out well.

the caps parachute results in “a good day for the passengers — walk away, bad day for the insurance company — plane will never fly again”

the vision jet also has a “safe return” feature that will 100% autonomously land at the nearest suitable airport.

both brs and safe return are designed to be initiated by a passenger, in the event of pilot incapacitation.

i’ve had the pleasure of flying on a vision jet before — it’s a really cool aircraft that flies almost as fast and high as much more expensive jets. and can be easily (realistically) flown by a single pilot.

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