EVA parachute?

[HafCoJoe]

I was wondering how difficult it would be to add a stage to EVA kerbals that activated a parachute? It would be super awesome for plane crashes and prevention if someone could do this.

[Master Tao]

A stage? Dunno.

A hotkey? Done.

[HafCoJoe]

A stage? Dunno.

A hotkey? Done.

that works too.

[zekes]

or, you can just attach a parachute to an external seat. then add a rocket to the bottom, and build the cockpit around it. when you have to abort, just stage, and the rocket should launch you out of the plane, then the parachute takes you down safely.

[HafCoJoe]

or, you can just attach a parachute to an external seat. then add a rocket to the bottom, and build the cockpit around it. when you have to abort, just stage, and the rocket should launch you out of the plane, then the parachute takes you down safely.

Yeah but what I mean is being able to hit EVA seconds before a crash and activate a parachute rather than having a built in escape pod. Escape pods are fun yes but I mean being able to just plain jump out of a cockpit. Tao answered my question I think.