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Sitting on the floor, back straight up against the wall - using a ruler on
my head, my gal marked off my (sitting) height with a piece of tape. Floor up to tape mark: 38 1/2 inches ...almost one meter (0.98) Standing ...6' - 2.5" Sitting .......3' - 2.5" Add a headset and I'm just over 40 inches - sitting. Montblack-mouse-ears "With the king-size arms" (Tall Paul) "With king-size charms" (Tall Paul) "He's my mountain" "He's my tree" "We go steady" "Paul and me" Mmmm ....Annette!! |
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:45:06 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote: Sitting on the floor, back straight up against the wall - using a ruler on my head, my gal marked off my (sitting) height with a piece of tape. Floor up to tape mark: 38 1/2 inches ...almost one meter (0.98) Standing ...6' - 2.5" Sitting .......3' - 2.5" Seated height: 37.25" (86.6 percentile) Seated eye height: 33" (91.8 percentile) Forward reach: 32.2" (99) Seated vertical reach: 57" Upper leg: 25.5" (96 percentile) Lower leg: 24.25" (99) Full leg: 47.25" (99) Ron "Well, you asked" Wanttaja P.S.: You might find something useful at: http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/cockpit.htm |
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("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
P.S.: You might find something useful at: http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/cockpit.htm Very useful. Thank you. RV-4.... 41 inches (38.5 + headset) How/where do you measure Upper, Lower and Full leg? Also forward reach - from the wall or the armpit? Ron "Well, you asked" Wanttaja Montblack "I asked you not to tell me that!" (86) |
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![]() "Montblack" wrote How/where do you measure Upper, Lower and Full leg? Also forward reach - from the wall or the armpit? Montblack "I asked you not to tell me that!" (86) If you do not get an answer, you might assume the "cone of silence" descended upon him. g -- Jim (missed it by *that* much) in NC |
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:57:08 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote: How/where do you measure Upper, Lower and Full leg? Also forward reach - from the wall or the armpit? About 20 years ago, I was working the early days of the Space Station program. They needed "test bodies" to find guys who fell within the 95th percentile for men and ladies in the 5th percentile for women. Those of us who volunteered were taken to a kind of "iron maiden" that had all these measuring gizmos. We sat in a seat, and they slid down a plate from above to measure our seated height while another technician adjusted the stuff that measured our leg reach, arm reach, etc. As far as I can remember, all the forward-reach stuff was measured from the wall. They gave us a little qualification card (still have mine, that's why I was able to rattle off my measurements) and told we'd be called if necessary. I was above the 99th percentile in seven out of the twelve measurements and that probably was why I hadn't been called. Ron Wanttaja |
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![]() "Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:57:08 -0500, "Montblack" wrote: How/where do you measure Upper, Lower and Full leg? Also forward reach - from the wall or the armpit? About 20 years ago, I was working the early days of the Space Station program. They needed "test bodies" to find guys who fell within the 95th percentile for men and ladies in the 5th percentile for women. Those of us who volunteered were taken to a kind of "iron maiden" that had all these measuring gizmos. We sat in a seat, and they slid down a plate from above to measure our seated height while another technician adjusted the stuff that measured our leg reach, arm reach, etc. As far as I can remember, all the forward-reach stuff was measured from the wall. They gave us a little qualification card (still have mine, that's why I was able to rattle off my measurements) and told we'd be called if necessary. I was above the 99th percentile in seven out of the twelve measurements and that probably was why I hadn't been called. Ron Wanttaja Are you sure those measurements haven't shifted, even a little? ;-) |
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:18:31 GMT, ".Blueskies."
wrote: They gave us a little qualification card (still have mine, that's why I was able to rattle off my measurements) and told we'd be called if necessary. I was above the 99th percentile in seven out of the twelve measurements and that probably was why I hadn't been called. Are you sure those measurements haven't shifted, even a little? ;-) The ones I posted, no. The ones I DIDN'T post (weight, stomach thickness, thigh thickness)....maybe. :-) Ron "I was over 95 percentile THEN" Wanttaja |
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Montblack wrote: ("Ron Wanttaja" wrote) P.S.: You might find something useful at: http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/cockpit.htm Very useful. Thank you. RV-4.... 41 inches (38.5 + headset) How/where do you measure Upper, Lower and Full leg? Also forward reach - from the wall or the armpit? Ron "Well, you asked" Wanttaja Montblack "I asked you not to tell me that!" (86) Bzzzt! that should be (Chief), not (86) |
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("Robert Bonomi" wrote)
Bzzzt! that should be (Chief), not (86) Ouch! (grabbing my nose) Montblack According to the web: In the pilot/original episode, Agent 44 can be found inside a locker at the airport. g |
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In article ,
Montblack wrote: ("Robert Bonomi" wrote) Bzzzt! that should be (Chief), not (86) Ouch! (grabbing my nose) "Sorry about that, chief" (86) |
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