Plan A was to install a ballistic parachute from BRS. However after being back ordered for over 11 months they said they won’t allow an installation on a Sky Pup. I wished they would have mentioned that 11 months earlier when we paid for it and sent them a full set of the installation plans for the Sky Pup. They made vague noises about mounting on an all foam airplane. At least we got the money back. On to plan B. We got a Astir 62 parachute made by Aile DE K of Switzerland. It was intended to be a reserve parachute for a Tandem Paraglider. We’ve added a spring deployed drogue and we’ll run the rip cord down to a handle in the cockpit. The next step is to open up the top of the Pup and build a box and hard mount. The entire rig weights fifteen pounds and moves the CG back a quarter inch.
We want to install a similar system for the crew module. Normally it will land with the Dark Sky Station, however in an emergency we want to be able to separate and come down by chute. The experience installing the parachute on the Pup will really help us down the road.
