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Subject: Seat belt mount points
From: Shaun Simpkins <shauns@hevanet.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:35:18
The seat belts wrap over the seat back and attach near the spar. This does mount
to the strongest point in the airframe, but isn't the best place ergonomically,
as it can cause spinal compression in a crash.  It seems to me that running
the straps over a guide bar mounted stoutly to the seatback but at the right
height to bring them straight back from the shoulders, thence to the existing
mount points, would improve things.  Has anybody tried this, or considered this
important enough to address?

On that note, has anybody considered installing headrests?  They'd have to be 
moveable
to allow ingress/egress and access to the baggage compartment...

Thanks,

Shaun Simpkins
A207



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