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Hello Guys,
By the way, I notice in Jacks webpage of Gene Byrd's crash that "His lap belt
attached to the rear spar broke free from the spar".
Regards
Tom
Along these lines, when my friend crashed his KR2, he was sitting in his sling
seat per plans, upon impact the top of the rear spar, because of it's smaller
size, sheered/broke off leaving the sling seat only attached to the front spar.
The guy that had built this plane had a piece of oak lumber across the back
side of the rear spar along the bottom, from side longeron to the opposite side
longeron and I believe it was about 2" wide X 3/4" thick that his seat belt
attachments were bolted through. They did not come loose. When I intially
looked at the system at the time, I thought the 1X2 oak across the aft side of
the rear spar might be an overkill but maybe something there is a good idea. I
would probaly just use an aluminum strap across the backside of the rear spar
if I were going to beef it up. As others say, your mileage may vary.
Larry H.
