Putting Parachutes On Planes: The Genius Engineering Behind Rocket Powered Airframe Parachutes.
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Scott Manley is someone who fell into YouTube because he felt a deep compelling need to teach people orbital mechanics and rocket science so they could play Kerbal Space Program, now, years later the gaming videos are less important and the pure science is the main thrust. My degrees are all in Physics and Astronomy, so much of the rocket science and engineering I've learned is self taught, always learning, always teaching. I used to do this as a hobby, along with my day job in software development, but that recently came to an end and I'm really appreciating everyone who has chosen to support my work through Patreon.
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The most popular light aircraft sold in the US now come with rocket propelled emergency parachute systems which can be deployed to save a stricken aircraft safely. Cirrus has been fitting these to every single one of their aircraft since they launched back in the later 1990's, and hundreds of people have been saved over the last few decades. It was a phenomenally complicated engineering problem to design a parachute system that deploys quickly, doesn't destroy the aircraft or injure the occupants, and safely lands the aircraft on its wheels. BRS Aerospace developed the original airframe parachute systems and sell them for a number of common aircraft. https://brsaerospace.com Cirrus aircraft produced a lot of the video in this as training materials for pilots. https://cirrusaircraft.com CAPS event history: https://www.cirruspilots.org/Safety/CAPS-Event-History Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM Flight Sim sequences in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley
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