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Originally Posted by Rusty2211
Skydivers have backup chutes. How much trouble would it be to outfit these cars with additional, backup chutes? I also do not think it'd be hard to build more fire protection around the chute container either. I think some of the accidents that have happened may be caused by unconcious drivers. How about a system that automatically deploys past a certain point? I know the gentlemen that passed away at Commerce 2 years ago never lifted and even though the blower poped at the stripe, he still hit the trees hard enough to be thrown from the car.
I noticed several TAFC teams at Chicago letting kids pack the chutes on the cars. That just seems crazy. If I was driving one of these cars, I'd have to pack and inspect my own chutes.
Rusty
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Didn't it say in the Dragster a few issues back the Fuel teams didn't like the automatic deployment/engine kill systems and they were removed?
Is the second chute the back up? (Having 3 chutes open up at once may be damaging to the individual as well.) Wasn't there an alcohol car there last year that had both chutes fall off right after blossoming? How is that possible that two chutes fall off a car at the same exact time? Any math majors to tell us the odds? When nothing happens with the chutes or braking, it does make you think something had happened to the driver.