Hey Flash, what do you think? I've never done the math based on the anthro limits, but it would seem that the only real problem with sitting height would be if your helmet was hitting the canopy (I.E. using your head to break the canopy during ejection). I'm a medium sized guy (5'10") and I adjust the seat (as do many folks) so that the upper handle is all but unusable, so it would seem odd to make that a determinant of anthro limits. For the unwashed, the lower handle in the GRU-7EA seat is the way to go and use of the upper handle would pretty much be reserved for cases where the lower handle didn't work. Discussion?
Brett
That is what I would think, I saw a pretty good variety of different sized people in the Prowler. Bucket was in your squadron after mine, and he was a pretty big boy both height and weight wise....
On the other end, some of the gals looked like they barely hit a buck-15. The only gal I knew who was disqualified from Prowlers was because she was so short she could not reach all of the controls, and she was around 5'1". I thought they were pretty liberal with the anthro measurements, if it is this big of an issue I wonder if they have changed them. Other than the extremes, almost everyone I saw qualified for Prowlers. Unless you are much taller than average, 6'4" or above, or shorter than average, 5'3" or below, I am thinking that most people are going to be eligible for Prowlers (the figures are guesses).
Why the big concern or issue about the anthro's anyways? Are people really that hard up to be bug backseaters? Gimme a break, you will be flying them anyways if you do more than one tour. Quit sweating it.....:icon_roll