Comment by voakbasda
3 hours ago
And there’s that whole pesky problem of not being able to glide to a safe landing when something goes catastrophically wrong.
3 hours ago
And there’s that whole pesky problem of not being able to glide to a safe landing when something goes catastrophically wrong.
that varies with the design (they could have small fixed wings). Beta have full-airframe ballistic parachutes i believe. That is feasible at least for smaller aircraft.
IIRC, the fastest and heaviest plane with a ballistic parachute system is the Cirrus jet, which is both lighter and slower than a typical commercial twin-engine turbo-prop (looked at the King Air and the Dash 8 to cover small corporate and larger commercial workhorse).
Not saying a parachute couldn't be designed to work, but there isn't an existing option today.