Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:54:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.150.212.2] (HELO pop3.olsusa.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b8) with ESMTP id 1790027 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:41:31 -0400 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.74]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:33:03 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-007watacop0083.dialsprint.net ([65.176.64.83] helo=f3g6s4) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17ttgc-0005mW-00 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:41:26 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <004501c263f1$b4779840$5340b041@f3g6s4> Reply-To: "Dan Schaefer" From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: Seat belts LNC2 X-Original-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:42:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Shoulder harnesses should be anchored as a minimum, level with, or better, somwhat higher than the top of the shoulders. If they are anchored significantly lower, then in a sudden (e.g., high G) deceleration such as in an otherwise survivable crash, there is a high probability of spinal compression fracture. I can't cite the source of this information exactly but I believe it comes from somewhere in my 30+ years as an systems engineer working on military aircraft. (One of my skiing buddies over the years was a cockpit design and development specialist so I probably heard this bit of wisdom from him). Dan Schaefer