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Why Fly only seated
I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position
is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac |
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I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac Something that no one has mentioned yet is the effect on your inner ear when pulling G's with your head down. Maybe some of our medical types could expand on this. I once saw an F-102, roll into an overhead pattern, looked down to change radio frequency and flew right into the ground. JJ Sinclair |
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I think that nails it. Flying prone in a hang glider is not a problem
because the G's are rarely significant even with the extra weight of the helmet. Visibility and comfort also add up to make the "lawn-chair position" ideal as several have suggested. You can just take a lot more G's that way. The reason I asked this question is because I took sailplane lessons last year, after several years of hang gliding. I found a number of things that took some getting used to, starting with the comfy seat. It took many flights before my instructor stopped telling me to not weight-shift the plane with my shoulders. GillCouto.com JJ Sinclair wrote: I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac Something that no one has mentioned yet is the effect on your inner ear when pulling G's with your head down. Maybe some of our medical types could expand on this. I once saw an F-102, roll into an overhead pattern, looked down to change radio frequency and flew right into the ground. JJ Sinclair |
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Ok, I'll bite. Please cite the specific regulation.
(Mackfly) wrote in message ... I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac |
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Gill Couto wrote in message news:RWZHb.32862$J77.2112@fed1read07...
I think that nails it. Flying prone in a hang glider is not a problem because the G's are rarely significant even with the extra weight of the helmet. Visibility and comfort also add up to make the "lawn-chair position" ideal as several have suggested. You can just take a lot more G's that way. I pull the same G's in HG as in gliders on a regular basis, up to about 3.5. The body will take much more G prone than sitting, unless your brain is in your butt. G induced LOC happens because the blood leaves the head. The problem with prone is having to hold your head up all day. Sitting up is an inferior position for pulling G's, but it's alot more comfortable. The reason I asked this question is because I took sailplane lessons last year, after several years of hang gliding. I found a number of things that took some getting used to, starting with the comfy seat. It took many flights before my instructor stopped telling me to not weight-shift the plane with my shoulders. GillCouto.com Evolution is a slow process, but when you get it sorted out, you will find out why it's a superior position. I initially crossed over to sailplane because of back problems, and Im glad we don't fly them prone. I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac Really? What FAR is that? JJ Sinclair wrote: Something that no one has mentioned yet is the effect on your inner ear when pulling G's with your head down. Maybe some of our medical types could expand on this. I once saw an F-102, roll into an overhead pattern, looked down to change radio frequency and flew right into the ground. JJ Sinclair Im quite aware of that effect, JJ, looking down & to the right during a left turn is supposed to cause vertigo, suprisingly I've never experianced anything like that, even doing aerobatics prone. Must be physiologically different when flying on your belly like a reptile, as I've never heard of anyone get that effect while hang gliding. -Dan |
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There may be some days when my butt might be in my brain but I've
never had it the other way around, Dan. I can see it's a lot less stressful to take G's sitting with the extra weight down your spine than it is prone with the weigh of your head leveraging on your spine. 3.5 G's is like putting some 60+ lbs. of weights on a 25 lb. head. You must have the neck of the CA governor or an extra rope to your helmet from the hang loops to support those G's. Holding a 60 lb. cement bag over your head while sitting might be easier. Just a few more thoughts, GillCouto.com Buck Wild wrote: I pull the same G's in HG as in gliders on a regular basis, up to about 3.5. The body will take much more G prone than sitting, unless your brain is in your butt. G induced LOC happens because the blood leaves the head. The problem with prone is having to hold your head up all day. Sitting up is an inferior position for pulling G's, but it's alot more comfortable. Evolution is a slow process, but when you get it sorted out, you will find out why it's a superior position. I initially crossed over to sailplane because of back problems, and Im glad we don't fly them prone. Im quite aware of that effect, JJ, looking down & to the right during a left turn is supposed to cause vertigo, suprisingly I've never experianced anything like that, even doing aerobatics prone. Must be physiologically different when flying on your belly like a reptile, as I've never heard of anyone get that effect while hang gliding. -Dan |
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I remember in the late '60's at Elsinore California a glider that was
flown from the prone position, I think it was a Marske wing?? anyway it was small and the pilot flew from his belly with rudders at the back and head first in the canopy at the front. I think if you look deep enough you might find that the "head first" position is prohibited by the FAA regs. Mac I don't believe that's correct. I've been through the regs in 14 CFR part 23, and also the European JAR-22, a few times and seen nothing there that would bar prone flying. It seems to me that it's just not the sort of thing that the FAA tends to make rules about. Besides that, I can only imagine the language that it'd take to define a thing like that to the necessary degree of detail. Thanks, and best regards to all Bob K. http://www.hpaircraft.com |
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"Gary Kemp" wrote in message om... I remember in the late '60's at Elsinore California a glider that was flown from the prone position, I think it was a Marske wing?? anyway it was small and the pilot flew from his belly with rudders at the back and head first in the canopy at the front. Nope, that was Phil Lampson's UFO (Named "Unidentified Falling Object" due to the low L/D by Ross Briglieb). He also flew it at the old El Mirage. There was a story about it in a late '60's Soaring. Seems he painted the leading edge with a stripe that tripped the boundary layer into a separation bubble that caused full aileron and elevator reversal - had to learn a new way to fly on the way down - there was no bailout possibility. All Marske designs have had fairly standard cockpits. Bill Daniels |
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