Ballistic Recovery System (Parachute)

[DCASonex]

Let's think outside the box. Instead of using the BRS to lower the entire airframe, just let it lower the passenger compartment. Build in a "pod", like the one that Sonex uses as a demonstrator. The pod contains the passengers, seat, and restraining belts. When the BRS deploys it pulls the pod out of the airframe and lowers it gently to the ground. EASY PEEZY :? :?

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Reduce that to its most basic form and you have pilot wearing a chute, if with passenger with own chute, you have two escape pods.

Not recommending a BRS, and no plans to add one to mine, (may now invest in chutes) but when someones says some design cannot be done it tends to turn on my thinking. As said, see no harm in discussion, and someone may make a comments that leads to someone else's better idea.

David A.

[fastj22]

A personal parachute is also not optimal in a Sonex either. The typical backpack pushes you forward quite a bit. A seat pack lifts you up too much. And they add an additional 10 to 15 lbs.
Maybe a seat pan that had a cutout for the seat pack?
Its all a compromise.