John Bolding
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 281
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 Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: Zenith-List Digest: 27 Msgs - 09/16/06 |
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AW Shucks, That pesky seat belt bracket keeps interrupting our life and
death discussion of zinc chromate and canopy covers...
Interesting timing, yesterday I talked to a good friend of mine that had
his first aircraft accident in almost 40 yrs of flying. forgot to turn on
the fuel, engine quit at 75' and he hit the ground at about 40 degrees, tore
the gear out,flipped over and busted up the plane pretty good but other than
a puncture wound in the calf and MASSIVE bruises the size of a saucer from
the seat belt/shoulder harness he was in good shape, no failure of the
restraint system. This is on a 250# airplane so a good system does not have
to weigh much, just be properly designed.
Seems like I'm gonna be the designated hitter on this issue so I'll write a
letter to Zenith expressing my (our??) concerns in this very important area
of design and see what shakes out. Stay tuned, this has the potential to get
ugly. LOW&SLOW John
| Quote: | From: "n801bh(at)netzero.com" <n801bh(at)netzero.com>
> n another note we lost another 801 last month. The pilot/builder is ok t
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| Quote: | hank god and he will share his story when he feels more comfortable talk
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| Quote: | I will say he is concerned that the seat belt attach bracket failed
too....
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