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george.mueller(at)aurora.
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 Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: 701 seat belt attach points |
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Since I am in the process of installing 5 point Nascar type seat belts in my 701 I am following with interest the discussion of the anchor points on the seat tunnel. I was considering using the gear tunnel as an alternate anchor point as is being done by John B. However, if you look at the photos of Jon C's crash (thank you Jon for posting these on your website, they contain very interesting information on a 701's crashworthiness), you see that the main gear ended up several feet away from the rest of the aircraft. Depending on how you attached the anchor point to the gear tunnel, the departure of the main gear from the aircraft could give you a tummy ache. John B., does your attachment point allow the main gear to shear off without taking your attach point with it?
One advantage to using a 5 point seatbelt is that the load is spread over 5 points instead of three, but I agree that the seat tunnel anchor point seems to need some beefing up.
George
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challgren(at)mac.com
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: 701 seat belt attach points |
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George:
Could you please give us info on how the 5 point Nascar type seat belts can be obtained.
Stan
701 working on second wing
On Oct 2, 2006, at 9:18 AM, george.mueller(at)aurora.org (george.mueller(at)aurora.org) wrote:
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Since I am in the process of installing 5 point Nascar type seat belts in my 701 I am following with interest the discussion of the anchor points on the seat tunnel. I was considering using the gear tunnel as an alternate anchor point as is being done by John B. However, if you look at the photos of Jon C's crash (thank you Jon for posting these on your website, they contain very interesting information on a 701's crashworthiness), you see that the main gear ended up several feet away from the rest of the aircraft. Depending on how you attached the anchor point to the gear tunnel, the departure of the main gear from the aircraft could give you a tummy ache. John B., does your attachment point allow the main gear to shear off without taking your attach point with it?
One advantage to using a 5 point seatbelt is that the load is spread over 5 points instead of three, but I agree that the seat tunnel anchor point seems to need some beefing up.
George
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