Hi Tristan,
we´re aware of the legislation in France and Menno already demonstrated a proof of concept regarding the geo fencing:
Menno has implemented it in his firmwares, you might ask him for details:
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3003&p=19555http://autoquad.org/software-downloads/?category=1As for the parachute there might be a way to trigger the release in a failsafe event - but I´m not a coder so I can´t tell you how to achieve this.
btw: I´m not convinced the "para shoot" is a failsafe solution at all. It adds more weight (making the craft top heavy), more complexity and the risk of even more failures due to accidently deploying the chute.
I´ve yet to see someone demonstrate it in forward flight or windy situations. In all demos I´ve seen they hover the craft in a nice condition and then deploy the chute - real life usually won´t give you these conditions...