ASTM F2316-06
(Specification)Standard Specification for Airframe Emergency Parachutes for Light Sport Aircraft
Standard Specification for Airframe Emergency Parachutes for Light Sport Aircraft
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers minimum requirements for the design, manufacture, and installation of parachutes for light sport aircraft.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information only.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.
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Designation: F 2316 – 06
Standard Specification for
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Airframe Emergency Parachutes for Light Sport Aircraft
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2316; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4.1.3 The effects of environmental conditions, such as
temperature and humidity, expected in service must be taken
1.1 This specification covers minimum requirements for the
into account.
design, manufacture, and installation of parachutes for light
sport aircraft.
5. Parachute Model Designations
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
5.1 Parachute System Parts List—Apartslistisrequiredfor
as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information
each parachute system for each airframe model in accordance
only.
with this specification.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
5.2 New Parachute Model Designations—Each new para-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
chute system model must be qualified in accordance with this
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
specification.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5.3 Design Changes—Design or configuration changes that
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
impact the parachute installation, performance, or operability
2. Referenced Documents require a new parachute model designation. Each design
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change of a part or component of a parachute system qualified
2.1 FAA Document:
by this specification must be evaluated relative to the require-
FAA Special Conditions 23-ACE-76 (Docket No. 118C),
ments of this specification.
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Modified for Small General
5.4 Installation Design Changes—Any airframe manufac-
Aviation Aircraft
turer, builder, or owner changing the design of their aircraft
3. Terminology
under this specification shall, as soon as possible, inform the
parachute manufacturer about changes that may affect the
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
mounting, attaching, deployment, egress, or specifications of
3.1.1 armed or arming, v—the next action activates the
the parachute system.
system.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—Armed or arming is not simply remov-
6. Parachute System Design Requirements
ing a safety pin.
6.1 Strength Requirements:
4. Materials and Manufacture 6.1.1 Strength requirements are specified in terms of limits
loads (the maximum loads to be expected in service) and
4.1 Materials—Materials used for parts and assemblies, the
ultimate loads (limit loads multiplied by prescribed factors of
failure of which could adversely affect safety, must meet the
safety). The minimum factor of safety, or ultimate load factor,
following conditions:
shall be 1.5. Compliance with strength requirements for
4.1.1 The suitability and durability must be established by
components other than the parachute assembly may be dem-
experience or tests.
onstrated by analysis or testing.
4.1.2 The strength and other properties assumed in the
6.1.2 System evaluation by analysis must use an accepted
design data must meet approved specifications.
computationalmethodthathasbeenverifiedthroughtesting.In
other cases, load testing must be conducted.
6.1.3 System evaluation by testing must be supported with
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F37 on Light
instrument calibration verified by an applicable weights and
Sport Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.70 on Cross
Cutting.
measures regulatory body, for example, state and federal
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally
governments.
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as F2316–03.
2 6.2 System Design—The following minimum performance
Available from Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., 300 Airport Rd., South St.
Paul, MN 55075. standards for the basic parachute system shall be met.
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F2316–06
6.2.1 Parachute Strength Test—A minimum of three suc- bris), all due care must be taken to provide a path of least
cessfuldroptestsoftheparachuteassemblyshallbeconducted resistance assuming an extremely rapid rate of departure.
to demonstrate the ultimate load factor defined below. A new
6.3.5 Parachute Attachment to the Airframe—The para-
parachuteassemblymaybeusedforeachtest.Dataacquisition
chuteassemblymustbeattachedtotheprimarystructureofthe
shallincluderecordingsofinflationloadsasafunctionoftime.
air
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