cockpit exit assist for older pilots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paDcDvF0aSM

May be way to adapt NOAH for everyday use.

Thanks Renny - what a hoot!Â* I love those old military test films. Oh,
wait!Â* I was around for a lot of that...

On 3/13/2018 9:53 PM, Renny wrote:
On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 9:45:54 PM UTC-6, Larry Suter wrote:
Maybe something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/Carex-Portabl...pSrc=srch&th=1
When things do not go so well.....

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...F&&FORM=VDRVRV

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Dan, 5J

That's a really nice idea, but it's 4 inches thick.Â* How many glider
pilots have 4 inches of head space to accommodate one of these?

On 3/13/2018 9:45 PM, Larry Suter wrote:
Maybe something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/Carex-Portabl...pSrc=srch&th=1

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Dan, 5J

Hey, guys this is a real problem for our senior Glider guides! I'm turning 84 this summer and it has been a real issue for a good 5 years now. In fact getting our in an airborne emergency was the reason I plunked down $5000 bucks and bought a ballistic recovery system for my Genesis-2. On the ground I push with my legs and shove with my arms till I'm far enough back to get one leg under me, then I am able to stand up in the seat.................and I'm not alone I watched a well known national champion struggle to exit his 29. Bob More (rip) had a pneumatic butt raiser that boosted him up about a foot. It had a compressed air bottle and a on/off valve that filled a bladder in the seat.
JJ

RAS is having a sad day when I'm one of the people contributing something of actual value:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/eject.html

--Bob K.

oh come on Bob, a Sawzall is a perfect solution here!

On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 7:37:56 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
oh come on Bob, a Sawzall is a perfect solution here!

....from the folks who brought you walk-in bathtubs?

Mike

On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 3:45:38 AM UTC, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 7:37:56 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
oh come on Bob, a Sawzall is a perfect solution here!

...from the folks who brought you walk-in bathtubs?

Mike

some German Akaflieg had worked some time ago on a Ballistic Parachute which pulls the Pilot out of the Cockpit. Sorry no more details that this.

On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 7:14:28 AM UTC-7, Muttley wrote:

some German Akaflieg had worked some time ago on a Ballistic Parachute which pulls the Pilot out of the Cockpit. Sorry no more details that this.


https://www.akaflieg.tu-darmstadt.de/d-44-soteira/

--Bob K.

If you have a good Dive Shop in the area and go in and explain what you are trying to do they might be about to modify a BC (buoyancy compensator) that you could sit on and then inflate to lift up. They certainly will have bottles of different sizes, small ones used to emergency air could be your air source. May be a bit of a stretch, but if you have a good shop could be worth the conversation time spent.

Kevin
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