Flying Pants designed for relief in flight

On May 19, 7:30*pm, " wrote:
Cumlus Soaring in the past sold Peeto pants to facilitate airborne
relief. *The last time I ask he had dicontinued the item. *Did the
pilots who purchased them like the pants? *Is there a place to buy
them now?

Bll Snead

The manufacturer's web site is at http://www.reliefwear.com and you
can order form there or they can hook you up with anotehr reseller.

Personally I've never seen the point. Lightweight cargo pants like the
North Face Paramount work fine for me. The fly zipper gives all the
access needed for connecting a catheter to a pee tube. The front cargo
pockets are very accessible in flight. And you don't look like a dork
walking around in them :-)


Darryl

I've found the Peeto pants to work well, a little better than the
cargo pants.

The pockets are also oriented for more easy access from a
"declining" (seated) position.

As Kemp put it so very well in a BITS presentation pitch, the most
cost effective performance improvement you can make to your glider is
a relief tube. Handy access to the "tube" is part of the relief
process. I also used these back when I was towing banners in Bellanca
Scouts (a less reclined seating position, and no relief tube -- so
quart or gallon zip lock bags held "excess ballast") -- some of those
flights approached 6.5 hours...all at 2 knots above stall...

When I visited the link to Relief Wear, sadly they're not in
production anymore (I would've entertained buying a second pair...).

-Pete
#309

The pants were made by Kevin Booker who used to fly with the Post Mills
club. There was a photo of him modeling his pants in the April issue of
AOPA pilot.

I wish I had purchased a second pair.

Maybe if enough of us asked him Kevin would go back into production.

I love this! ... I agree completely
"the most cost effective performance improvement you can make to your
glider is a relief tube."

Curt - 95

On May 20, 1:01*am, 309 wrote:

As Kemp put it so very well in a BITS presentation pitch, the most
cost effective performance improvement you can make to your glider is
a relief tube.


-Pete
#309

My wife took some light weight pants that I use for fly fishing and put
snaps into the crotch. So, when I get in, I just unsnap some, fix the
catheter and go fly. Get home and re-do the snaps.
Fred
LF-Libelle 301b
"Curt" wrote in message
...
I love this! ... I agree completely
"the most cost effective performance improvement you can make to your
glider is a relief tube."

Curt - 95

On May 20, 1:01 am, 309 wrote:

As Kemp put it so very well in a BITS presentation pitch, the most
cost effective performance improvement you can make to your glider is
a relief tube.


-Pete
#309

Fred Blair wrote:

and put snaps into the crotch.

Handy, but didn't it hurt?