Flying Griff
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Like investing, everyone?s risk tolerance is different but the idea of a BRS system has merit to me. My post is not about the pros and cons of airframe parachute systems. A lot of the issues were reviewed in the Sept 2013 edition of Aviation Consumer. I have had several conversations with Vans and it is clear this is low on their priority list. Although different to mine, I understand their point of view. With that in mind, I have hired an aeronautical engineer to design attachment points for a BRS system in my own RV12, even though it will impact the aircraft weight and appearance.
His preliminary feasibility study proposes a staged development plan. It is likely the first stages alone, based upon computer design, simulation and analysis followed by review with BRS, will satisfy my own needs. The plan could be ?commercialised? with detailed documentation and additional ?live? structural testing. In recent discussions about the RV7-9 BRS installation, the latter has been a topic of interest. However, the cost of the project would be substantially magnified. To go down that path would require a reasonable expectation of partial cost recovery, based upon selling the plans to other RV12 builders.
So the aim of my VAF post is to gauge how much interest there is in a BRS system for the RV12. I would ?ballpark? a reasonable cost estimate for an attachment system plan to be about $1500. As I?m not aiming for profit, greater interest means lower cost. Note the purchase of the actual parachute system from BRS would be additional to this.
If you are interested, please reply to the post or email me at flyinggriff at rogers dot com.
I?d also welcome any suggestions on how to reach out to RV12 builders that don?t read VAF.
His preliminary feasibility study proposes a staged development plan. It is likely the first stages alone, based upon computer design, simulation and analysis followed by review with BRS, will satisfy my own needs. The plan could be ?commercialised? with detailed documentation and additional ?live? structural testing. In recent discussions about the RV7-9 BRS installation, the latter has been a topic of interest. However, the cost of the project would be substantially magnified. To go down that path would require a reasonable expectation of partial cost recovery, based upon selling the plans to other RV12 builders.
So the aim of my VAF post is to gauge how much interest there is in a BRS system for the RV12. I would ?ballpark? a reasonable cost estimate for an attachment system plan to be about $1500. As I?m not aiming for profit, greater interest means lower cost. Note the purchase of the actual parachute system from BRS would be additional to this.
If you are interested, please reply to the post or email me at flyinggriff at rogers dot com.
I?d also welcome any suggestions on how to reach out to RV12 builders that don?t read VAF.