On 2015-10-31, at 01:06, Wladimir Kummer <wladimirkummer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you know of any Europa with a BRS? Im considering installing one in my
> MotorGlider.
Still have the fuse top not bonded so I figure would be a not so difficult
mod.
Wladimir - there was much work done on a BRS mod on kit 251 in UK. Miles
McCallum
published a series of articles in Flyer magazine on his progress (might be
some info still available in online archives?). I seem to recall that there was
a lot of calculation needed to determine the routing and termination of the
cables etc to ensure the integrity of load paths. I think the extra weight
introduced
was quite a penalty too. I believe the BRS mod proposal was eventually
abandoned by Miles. The kit was eventually sold on unfinished, is now registered
G-MLXP and may be flying.
My feeling is that a BRS system needs to be thought about at the basic design
stage
for the aircraft, not tacked on as an afterthought - particularly for composite
structures.
in friendship
Rowland
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