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For my racecar I used to exhale and cinch those MFers down tight, but that was just a few seconds down the quarter-mile.
Lap belt should be low and tight on the waist. THe shoulder hardnesses should not be yanking up on it.
Lap belt should be low and tight on the waist. THe shoulder hardnesses should not be yanking up on it.
Also make sure that the belt is straight and untwisted from its attach point. A common failure is that the belt is folded over because the attach has swivelled down. The NTSB showed me a picture of a crash and pointed that out as a cause of the injury/death that came.
Who would have guessed my beer belly would constantly shove the lap belt downward and keep me safe!
Unless you're Dale Earnhardt. Rather than feeding the belt through the seat he wrapped it outside the seat. So it didn't pull as vertically as it should have.In race cars we use a 5-point or 6-point harness, with one or two anti-submarine straps, to keep the lap belt low across the lap.
Although 'submarining' is not what killed him he did flirt with disaster by disregarding several safety devices/procedures. I was at that event in Daytona. What a turn of emotions...I was so happy for Michael Waltrip getting the win then seeing the slow ambulance heading to Halifax on the jumbotron and the look on Michael's face as Kenny whispered the bad news in his ear was chilling. The mass of people exiting the trams, once the rumors of his death were confirmed, looked like walking zombies on 'The Night of the Living Dead'. That night sucked.Unless you're Dale Earnhardt. Rather than feeding the belt through the seat he wrapped it outside the seat. So it didn't pull as vertically as it should have.
Honestly theres few things I felt more comfortable in than being tight in my seat.
Although 'submarining' is not what killed him he did flirt with disaster by disregarding several safety devices/procedures. I was at that event in Daytona. What a turn of emotions...I was so happy for Michael Waltrip getting the win then seeing the slow ambulance heading to Halifax on the jumbotron and the look on Michael's face as Kenny whispered the bad news in his ear was chilling. The mass of people exiting the trams, once the rumors of his death were confirmed, looked like walking zombies on 'The Night of the Living Dead'. That night sucked.
Unless you're Dale Earnhardt. Rather than feeding the belt through the seat he wrapped it outside the seat. So it didn't pull as vertically as it should have.
Honestly theres few things I felt more comfortable in than being tight in my seat.
I was crewing for a SRF driver at an SCCA double national in Texas that weekend, and on the drive home Sunday afternoon we were listening to the race on the radio. We took two podiums that weekend, a win and a third, so we were on a high but quickly came down when we heard about DE.
The following weekend I drove in my own SAARC event at Sebring, and the track had the flag at half-staff. Going down one of the straights on the pace lap I could see the flag and I remember it being a very somber reminder.
I used to race SRF.
The serious aerobatic guys have ratcheted seat belts to REALLY cinch them tight.
Not an issue with positive G, no matter how high. They just smoosh you into the seat harder.I can see how ratchet straps in an aerobatic plane might seem like overkill but, I would imagine they are a necessity in high G maneuvers.
I have the wonderful Hooker harnesses in the 140 and inertia reel type harnesses in the Mooney.The Hookers are incredibly comfortable proven effective. The inertia reel belts are obviously comfortable, but I have no confidence they would have any effectiveness in a crash. I am looking into a better solution for the Mooney.
When? Ever run in the southeast?
2003 - 2010 Summit Point mainly, but also VIR and Nelson Ledges.
Have my one and only win at VIR.
Indeed....but truly in the middle of nowhere.I’ve been to VIR once. Nice track, great facility. Never made it to Summit or Nelson.
Great question! They are just much lower quality than the Hookers in the Cessna are. They come unbuckled in flight sometimes. You tighten them up and they don’t seem to stay tight. They just don’t give me a sense of security that’s anywhere close to how I feel flying with the Hooker harness.Why do you doubt the inertial reel type in your plane wouldn’t work? Aren’t they like automotive belts? Are they BAS?