What happens on an accidental deploy?
If in flight, the cable will wrap itself around the propeller and stop the engine. However you will be a lawn dart, nose down, out of control. Thats why I always inspect my chute to be sure it cannot fall out in flight. On the ground, let me paste a Falcon owners letter here, as I always wanted to know myself : “When the drogue fired I was leaning inside the back seat trying to pull the fuel tank out. I saw a flash below and at first thought I’d caused a hot wire with a ground. Then the sound hit! It was like firing a .38 revolver inside the garage. It did not occur to me that the chute fired until I stood back and saw the chute lying on the floor. About 8 feet of chute was pulled out of the plastic sack and strung out nice and neat out the garage door onto the driveway. The projectile chipped a piece of concrete out of the floor about 3 in across and half inch deep.
