Canopy limits - How tall are you ???

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!!

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

("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)

"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

Wow! You can still get up after sitting on the floor?

;)

Tom

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

("Tom" wrote)
Wow! You can still get up after sitting on the floor?


Hallway at the top of the stairs - swing legs around ...skipping two stairs,
stand up. Piece of cake!

Mmm ...cake.


Montblack

In article ,
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)

"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? ;-)

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