John Galloway wrote:

At 18:12 07 June 2004, Jc Cunningham wrote:
John Galloway wrote:

Further to my posting yesterday I have identified the
6 point harness in our Std Cirrus as as Luke PRO6F
designed for single seat race cars.

See:

http://www.lukeracing.co.uk/rec.php?cat=17

Flying with it today was the most comfortable I have
ever been in a glider as I felt totally secured with
the lap strap held low and no tendency to slide forward
in the seat pan with the lap strap rising as happens
in so many gliders. Even a deep seat pan like the
front seat of a Duo comes nowhere near in terms to
achieving that feeling.

It may be non approved but I really don't care as the
benefits for comfort and safety are so clear cut.

John Galloway


Could you double check and repost the URL. I am getting
a blank page
when I try to load the page.

Thank-you.

Thats odd because when I click on the link in your
reply I go straight to it. If all else fails go to
www.lukeracing.co.uk main site and click on the main
link for 'race and rally safety harnesses' and then
on 'Recommended' it will take to the page with a list
of their harnesses. At the bottom is the link for
PRO6F which looks identical to what is in our Std Cirrus
except that instead of the bolt clips at the aircraft
attachment end of the lap and shoulder straps we have
normal glider buckles. Also the attachment points
of the 2 thigh straps under our seat pan is a flat
hook/clip instead of the bolt clip. Our central quick
release buckle also looks to be an older less sleek
model (our straps must be 12 years old but hardly used).
Otherwise the picture gives a good idea of how the
straps work - except that in practice the upper ends
of the thigh loops pull at the lowest point of the
shoulder straps and not a few inches higher as shown
in the non-tensioned photographs.

BTW it would be more difficult to attach the straps
to a glider in which the lap straps attach to the seat
pan rather than - as in the Std Cirrus - to a fuselage
mounted metal point with a hole in the seat pan. This
allows access to the mounting point for the lap straps
from above the seat pan and for the thigh straps from
beneath the seat pan. In other gliders I would envisage
extra mounting points being required forward on the
seat pan - perhaps bonded to the bottom of the seat
pan under the upper thighs.

John Galloway



It must have been my browser that was having a problem. I use Opera.
When I used internet explorer it came up fine.