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I have a ring mounted to the bulkhead behind the seat in my Ka-6, and that
was built in '63

Actually on a ride in a K13 in Germany I almost triggered the static line
when walking away from the plane. So you got to remember about that
"feature"

Pete

"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 May 2012 10:27:26 -0700, GM wrote:

Don't know what the rules are in other European countries but I Germany,
wearing a chute while in training is mandatory. Since a static line
chute pulls the rip-chord for you, this is what we exclusively used in
our trainers. I have seen two guys bail out of a L13 (wing came off)
using static line chutes and both where fully deployed in a very short
time after exiting! Each European-designed glider I know of has a
hard-point to attach the static line to. Said hard point is marked in
red.

When did those hard points first appear? My glider, built in 1969,
doesn't appear to have one, so I'm curious.


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On Tue, 01 May 2012 15:12:01 -0500, Peter von Tresckow wrote:

I have a ring mounted to the bulkhead behind the seat in my Ka-6, and
that was built in '63

Interesting. Mine is an H.201 Libelle. I suppose the static line could
simply be secured to the tube behind the seat. This carries the forward
wing pin sockets and doubles as attachment for the shoulder straps so its
plenty strong enough but, on mine anyway, doesn't have a specific static
line anchor point.


Actually on a ride in a K13 in Germany I almost triggered the static
line when walking away from the plane. So you got to remember about that
"feature"

:-)

I almost did that after getting out of an ASK-23 at the Wasserkuppe.


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At 22:28 01 May 2012, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 01 May 2012 15:12:01 -0500, Peter von Tresckow wrote:

I have a ring mounted to the bulkhead behind the seat in my Ka-6, and
that was built in '63

Interesting. Mine is an H.201 Libelle. I suppose the static line could
simply be secured to the tube behind the seat. This carries the forward
wing pin sockets and doubles as attachment for the shoulder straps so its

plenty strong enough but, on mine anyway, doesn't have a specific static
line anchor point.


Actually on a ride in a K13 in Germany I almost triggered the static
line when walking away from the plane. So you got to remember about
that
"feature"

:-)

I almost did that after getting out of an ASK-23 at the Wasserkuppe.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

What glider do you have Martin?

On Tue, 01 May 2012 23:25:01 +0000, Don Johnstone wrote:

At 22:28 01 May 2012, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 01 May 2012 15:12:01 -0500, Peter von Tresckow wrote:

I have a ring mounted to the bulkhead behind the seat in my Ka-6, and
that was built in '63

Interesting. Mine is an H.201 Libelle. I suppose the static line could
simply be secured to the tube behind the seat. This carries the forward
wing pin sockets and doubles as attachment for the shoulder straps so
its

plenty strong enough but, on mine anyway, doesn't have a specific static
line anchor point.


Actually on a ride in a K13 in Germany I almost triggered the static
line when walking away from the plane. So you got to remember about
that
"feature"

:-)

I almost did that after getting out of an ASK-23 at the Wasserkuppe.


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What glider do you have Martin?

As I said above, an H.201 Std Libelle.


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