BRS-6 General Installation Guide - CAFE Foundation

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for considering the new BRS-6 Emergency Parachute System, the highest
quality, most innovative product of its kind. With worldwide sales exceeding 20,000 units and
over 206 saved lives to its credit, BRS has the most successful and popular systems available.
BRS Emergency Parachute Systems utilize a manually activated, solid propellant rocket motor
to extract a round, non-steerable parachute and recover the aircraft in life-threatening
emergency situations. With adequate altitude, it is designed to lower it to the ground at a
survivable rate of descent. Current products are the result of more than 25 years of BRS
experience in designing, testing, manufacturing, and servicing ballistically deployed parachutes
for aircraft. Functional and structural reliability have been essential to their successful
development.
BRS has sold units for over 300 different types of ultralight aircraft, experimental aircraft, and
military unmanned aerospace vehicles (UAVs). In addition, there are FAA-certified systems
currently installed on every Cirrus Design SR20 and SR22 aircraft, and select Cessna models
(C150, C172, and C182) as an aftermarket STC product. The use of proven parachute and
rocket motor technology has been a key factor in this endeavor. The materials, components,
design methods, and production methods used in the BRS solid propellant rocket motors,
parachutes, and related components have been adapted from military applications that have
evolved through hundreds of projects over the past several decades. BRS maintains that our
units have been tested under more conditions, in a greater selection of aircraft, and through a
broader variety of potential use modes than any other emergency backup parachute system
intended to recover aircraft and occupants together.
While the BRS Emergency Parachute System will not make your flying absolutely safe, it will
provide you with additional safety, if used according to this guide and with common sense.
BRS Incorporated is a publicly held company based in South St. Paul, Minnesota. A full-time
staff is available to assist you with any needs you may have relative to your purchase of a BRS
unit. If you have questions of any type, feel free to contact the company using the following
information:
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Incorporated
300 Airport Rd
South Saint Paul MN 55075-3551 • USA
Telephone: (651) 457-7491
(763) 226-6110 (Emergency Only)
FAX: (651) 457-8651
Email: info@BRSparachutes.com
Website: www.BRSparachutes.com
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CT
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