Re: Plane crashes and other accidents
mark@unicorn.com
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:47:49 -0700 (PDT)
GBurch1 [GBurch1@aol.com] wrote:
>Two ideas contiue to intrigue me, though. One is a detachable passenger
>compartment that has SOME sort of deployable aero-drag device or combination
>of devices. The other is an internal fire-retardant foaming system that
>activates in anomolous situations (read crashes).
I've seen a serious proposal for a system which could bring down an
entire 747 by parachute in a serious inflight emergency (or individual
pieces if the plane should partially break up in flight). The problem is
again cost and mass; AFAIR it requires fourteen large parachutes fitted
to various parts of the plane.
Mark