N353SK From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 743 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago) and read 2611 times:
Just a random, somewhat unimportant question:
I know the FARs require aerobatic pilots to wear parachutes unless involved in flight training, but does any FAR require these parachutes to be functional or does it just say that a (any) parachute is required?
For example, could a pilot with a good lawyer (and a lot of money) successfully argue that carrying say, a plastic parachute from a model rocket is in full compliance of the FARs?
For the record, I'm not planning on doing any aerobatic flying and would never go without a GREAT parachute, and I don't recommend anybody else try it either, i'm just wondering!
Vzlet From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 820 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2596 times:
Lemmy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 256 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2590 times:
I'd guess that, pretty much any time the FAA mandates something, they'll also come up with some sort of a certification procedure for whatever they mandate.
Quoting Vzlet (Reply 1): Sounds like you need:
"Everything You Always Needed to Know About Emergency Parachutes"
I'm surprised that parachutes have to be repacked every 120 days. Does anyone know how often the Cirrus CAPS system needs to be serviced?
Futurecaptain From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2587 times:
Well, with a good lawyer you can get out of most anything. But, where will a pilot find the money to hire that good of a lawyer?
I'd say if you did find the money to hire that good of a lawyer and got off the parachute charges then the FAA will slap some charge like "reckless operation of an aircraft" or something like that on you which would be much harder to argue yourself out of.
Then, remember, what is technically legal can be extremely stupid. Yes, you can takeoff under part 91 with 0 visibility. Yes, it is extremely stupid.
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 2553 times:
Doesn't this answer the question?
91.307 Parachutes and Parachuting
(a) No pilot of a civil aircraft may allow a parachute that is available for emergency use to be carried in that aircraft unless it is an approved type...-
Quoting Lemmy (Reply 2):
I'm surprised that parachutes have to be repacked every 120 days.
Indeed. Packing is very important for chutes. While a badly packed chute (just stuff it in the bag) will most likely deploy anyway as long as the cords are arranged properly, there is no way to know how it will deploy and the likelihood of a problem increases. Packing of reserves and such is only to be done by certified people and involves many more steps and checks than your typical sport parachute pack.
[Edited 2008-03-31 15:53:44]
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Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19813 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2523 times:
Quoting N353SK (Thread starter): I know the FARs require aerobatic pilots to wear parachutes unless involved in flight training
Specifically, unless involved in spin training. IIRC, if you're going out to learn how to do hammerheads, loops and the like, you need a parachute.
-Mir
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N353SK From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 743 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 2469 times:
Well, it looks like I should have read the reg more closely!
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