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The aircraft was factory supplied in the form of an assembly kit that requires 30–40 hours to complete. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 64 hp (48 kW) engine is 500 ft (152 m) and the landing roll is 100 ft (30 m).
A mail chute is a device by which mail is collected for pick-up by a post office from within high-rise buildings, such as offices, hospitals, and hotels. Deposit boxes on upper floors are connected via a chute to a central depository at ground level, from which the mail is picked up.
An example of high-end homebuilt design is Lancair, which has developed a number of high-performance kits. The most powerful is the Lancair Propjet, a four-place kit with cabin pressurization and a turboprop engine, cruising at 24,000 feet (7,300 m) and 370 knots (425 mph, 685 km/h). Although aircraft such as this are considered "home-built ...
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During the early 1990s, Bombardier Aerospace became interested in developing larger variants of the CRJ100/200 series; associated design work commenced in 1994. [5] The CRJ-X, as the new range was initially designated, sought to compete with larger regional jets such as the Fokker 70/Fokker 100 or the BAe 146 family.
A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected by a bridle to the deployment bag containing the parachute. Pilot chutes are a critical component of all modern skydiving and BASE jumping gear. Pilot chutes are also used as a component of spacecraft such as NASA's Orion. [1]
A contributing factor was improper design of the chute system, which allowed the chute to deploy while the retaining hooks were unlocked. [47] 22 June 2003: Brit Air Flight 5672, a CRJ100ER, crashed short and to the left of the runway when attempting to land at Brest-Guipavas Airport. The aircraft's captain was the sole fatality.
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