Nebulus, emergency floatation system for PPC's and
ultralight aircraft.
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The strut on the left has a unit installed as it would be on a ppc.
While the strut on the right has a deployed unit. |
A company called JTW Associates was at Sun N Fun this year with a
floatation 
device called the Nebulus. It is a safety system that you can attach
quickly and easily to your powered parachute, or ultralight aircraft
that in the case of an emergency landing into water you can inflate and
your aircraft will float instead of sinking.
The system was originally developed to help prevent the many drowning
deaths each year that happen when snowmobiles and all terrain vehicles
crash through thin ice in the winter.
The system actually does two things it floats a submerged ultralight in
the event of an emergency water landing and it aids searchers because of
it's highly visible colour, including reflective tape that can be seen
at night.
The system fastens to any straight piece of structural tubing. The
system is
activated manually by the pilot pulling a cord which releases compressed
air to fill the air bag.
The device has been successfully crash tested twice into water on
a powered parachute.
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| For more information contact: JTW Associates
6950 West 146th Street, Suite 110
Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124
Email jwassoc@frontiernet.net
1-952-431-6878
1-952-431-3498 |
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