Muscular Dystrophy Passenger

[Rocket]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Another consideration is supporting his head while seated in the aircraft. I arranged a ride for a child with MS last year (we used a Cardinal not an RV) and finding a way to support his head was an issue. I know they resolved it, but i'm not sure exactly what they did... I think it involved using the seat-back from his wheelchair, which had an integral head/neck support. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend on the day it all happened, so I don't have more details, but hopefully that helps a bit.

Soft collar. when i broke my neck i had a solid collar at first, then the soft one.. here are pics.. i'm sure you could pic one up at a physical therapy clinic..
sorry about the pic.. the tounge was a joke. (i was pretty heavily medicated) and it's the only pic i have..
http://gallery.me.com/ian.mcqueen/10...12653958360001

and here's the soft one..
http://gallery.me.com/ian.mcqueen/10...12653958340001

[Flying EMT]

For the head stabilazation you can also use one of those inflatable collars people use to sleep in an airliner seat, Wal-Mart sells them. If you do give a MD person a ride, just be careful of the legs, I gave a ride in my Decathlon and during a roll, his feet came up and interfered with the stick. His next ride I loosely Duct taped his legs to the front seat (his Idea!). The Decathlon worked great getting him in/out with the removable door, I.m going to try the climbing harness to get him in the RV-4. - Ben

[JAT]

Larry,

You are on the right track in your post when you mentioned using a hoist. Several other posters mentioned using a winch. The two are different animals and often confused as being the same. A winch drags weight while a hoist lifts it straight up. A winch will not have the power to lift the same weight as the hoist when rated the same. A hoist's rating lets you know it will lift the rated weight.

I flew a Young Eagle several years ago who was bigger than me and had some trouble controlling his movements. I took the rear stick out of my RV-8A to preclude any control inputs. This is a wonderful thing you are doing and the young man will remember this flight for the rest of him life. You will too!

Jim

[JHines]

Where did Sam's post go? Was it really that offensive or off-topic? He raised a legitimate RV-related safety consideration in a polite way.

[Sam Buchanan]

Originally Posted by JHines

Where did Sam's post go? Was it really that offensive or off-topic? He raised a legitimate RV-related safety consideration in a polite way.

I deleted it, Joe, decided it was better if I didn't stick my nose into other people's business.

Thank you for your kind comment.