homebuilt safety

anonymous coward wrote:


I agree this sounds impossibly fraught. What I would like (ideally) would
be the results of something akin to the car-crash tests that show how the
test-dummies fared in various scenarios - e.g. side impacts etc... I saw a
documentary about car-safety a few years ago, that mentioned that the
technology of crumple-zones and reinforced passenger compartments was
originally developed for WWII naval aircraft. Don't homebuilt designers
think about features such as these? Or would they help in so few scenarios
that it's an irrelevance?


John Dyke did. The front page of my websitehas a 3D CAD rendering of
the cockpit with a pilot seated. Note the comparatively HUGE crumple
zone in front and to each side enjoyed by the pilot compared to most
designs. For most designs, trying to get this sort of crumple zone
would make the craft extremely safe...'cause it'd be so heavy that it'd
never fly!!

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