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grs-pms(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: Seat belt slack

Another point to consider:

  

 How far do you want to move forward during a crash0 load situation?  Probably not very far, considering that parts of the0 cockpit may be moving back to meet you.  Just a thought...

  

 George

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: Seat belt slack

Lets hold on a minute and think...  we are not talking car crashes here at freeway speeds.  like the  yellow dummies  videos in TV 

We have to take as a fact that any airplane out of (pilots) control falling down will increase the speed and inertia very fast, to the point that what ever seat belt has will not be enough to save the pilot...  

The best thing (and only survival option)  is to focus to keep control of the descent (aproach) so you can land inside the landing speeds of the airplane...  

even if there is no landing strip in front!

This will save us more our lifes that the best seat belts.



In a few words:  Fly the airplane, dont try to minimize the (airplane) damage, it can stall and/or spin...  If you make a perfect aproach, you may win a first price:  Your own life!

Remember if the engine stops, lets focus in  flying the airplane down.



Zenith airplanes are very good in the low  speeds area..,   I read some time ago that a pilot was able to survive and later rebuilt his Pitts  after a corn field landing... This was keeping calm.



Saludos

Gary Gower.

I think I already posted something similar?





George Swinford <grs-pms(at)comcast.net> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		         Another point to consider:

  

 How far do you want to move forward during a crash  load situation?  Probably not very far, considering that parts of the  cockpit may be moving back to meet you.  Just a thought...

  

 George

	




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p.mulwitz(at)worldnet.att
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:10 am Post subject: Seat belt slack

Hi Gary,



Thanks for the wise thoughts.



I have been very uncomfortable with all the talk of seat belts as 

crash restraints, but I didn't know why.  Your post cleared it up for me.



I have always thought of seat belts in airplanes as restraints to 

keep the pilot in the pilot's seat in turbulence and unusual 

attitudes rather than for crash restraint.  Of course they also have 

the crash restraint function, but as you pointed out this is only 

useful in low speed crashes.  If you fly at cruise speed into the 

side of a mountain, all the restraint systems in the world aren't 

going to save you.



Paul

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At 12:07 AM 8/5/2006, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  Lets hold on a minute and think...  we are not talking car crashes 

here at freeway speeds.  like the  yellow dummies  videos in TV

We have to take as a fact that any airplane out of (pilots) control 

falling down will increase the speed and inertia very fast, to the 

point that what ever seat belt has will not be enough to save the pilot...

The best thing (and only survival option)  is to focus to keep 

control of the descent (aproach) so you can land inside the landing 

speeds of the airplane...

even if there is no landing strip in front!

This will save us more our lifes that the best seat belts.



In a few words:  Fly the airplane, dont try to minimize the 

(airplane) damage, it can stall and/or spin...  If you make a 

perfect aproach, you may win a first price:  Your own life!

Remember if the engine stops, lets focus in  flying the airplane down.



Zenith airplanes are very good in the low speeds area..,   I read 

some time ago that a pilot was able to survive and later rebuilt his 

Pitts  after a corn field landing... This was keeping calm.



Saludos

Gary Gower.

I think I already posted something similar?


	


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