| flyboy1963 |
12-24-2016 12:37 PM |
let's learn and act from their painful lesson......
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Originally Posted by dlomheim
(Post 1136468)
......... the pilot's head struck the instrument panel and was lacerated, but thankfully he survived. .........
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One of my pet peeves is the razor sharp edge of the glareshield. Look at a 30-year old car,....the dash is much more friendly to impact than our cabin.
especially with the long belt attach run in the RV, you ARE going to hit things with your head...especially if your impact has side or other loads, which is the norm.
even helmets lack much face protection. Think long and hard about all the **** you are suspending in front of your face, I know I have a big portable GPS and some other elements that will cause me grief. Most of us have iPads and things that will fly around on impact.
There is much to be learned from a crashworthiness audit of our cabin and restraint system.
(A previous post referred to the Glastar/sportman, whose steel cage is credited with an extremely low fatal crash rate.)
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