Pipistrel Virus 912 User Manual

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Appendix
Parachute rescue system: use, handling
and maintenance
System description
The GRS rocket charged parachute rescue system provides you with a chance to rescue yourself and
the aircraft regardless of the height, velocity and nose attitude.
The system is placed inside a durable cylinder mounted on the right hand side of the baggage com-
partment. Inside this cylinder is the parachute which stored inside a deployment bag with a rocket
engine underneath.
Its brand new design presents a canopy that is not gradually frown from the container, exposed to
distortion by air currents, but it is safely open after 0,4 to 0,7 seconds in distance of 15-18 metres
above the aircraft. It is red there in a special deployment bag, which decreases the risk of aircraft
debris breaching the canopy.
The parachute rescue system is activated manually, by pulling the activation handle mounted on the
back wall above. After being red, the man canopy is open and fully inated within 3,2 seconds.
WARNING! Activation handle safety pin should be inserted when the aircraft is parked or
hangared to prevent accidental deployment. However, the instant pilot boards the aircraft, safety
pin MUST be removed!
Use of parachute rescue system
In situations such as:
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structural failure
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mid-air collision
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loss of control over aircraft
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engine failure over hostile terrain
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pilot incapacitation (incl. heart attack, stroke, temp. blindness, disorientation...)
the parachute MUST be deployed. Prior to ring the system:
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shut down the engine and set master switch to OFF (key in full left position)
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shut both fuel valves
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fasten safety harnesses tightly
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protect your face and body.
To deploy the parachute jerk the activation handle hard a length of at least
30 cm towards the instrument panel.
Once you have pulled the handle and the rocked is deployed, it will be less than two seconds before
you feel the impact produced by two forces. The rst force is produced by stretching of all the sys-
tem. The force follows after the ination of the canopy from opening impact and it will seem to you
that the aircraft is pulled backwards briey. The airspeed is reduced instantly and the aircraft now
starts do descent to the ground underneath the canopy.

Pipistrel Virus 912 Specifications

General

Brand	Pipistrel
Model	Virus 912
Category	Aircrafts
Language	English