Interesting RV-15 Tail Photo

[N8DAV8R]

This pic was posted among a number of others taken while someone was on a tour at Van's. There were a few of the RV-15, this one of the tail was interesting...

 

[rvbuilder2002]

Mount for attaching a ballistically deployed spin recovery chute.

Fun Fact.... There is a placard on the side of the chute canister (not installed for this photo) that reads

"ACTUALLY, IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE!!!"

applied by me many years ago to help everyone keep in mind the
elevated danger of working around the system.