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damageinc75
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 Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 03:43 AM
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| Does anyone know the height minimum and maximum height pilots can be to fly the F-16? |
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Habu
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 07:09 AM
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| 5'-8" to 6'-3"......yesnot? I may be off though. Anyone concur? |
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 08:42 AM
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| Max height in the BAF is 1m95cm. |
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 09:42 AM
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| I'm not a specialist in this stuff, but if anything, in a combat plane, just like in an armored vehicle or a warship, it's not the minimum you should be worried about... it's the maximum. You can lift the seat for the shorter people, but you can't make the vehicles larger for those really tall people. |
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Gladiatos
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 12:21 PM
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RSAF Min height is:168cm
Max is:190cm |
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kmceject
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 01:03 PM
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I've got to do further research to be sure, but the low end for the ACES II is now 64 inches and 103lbs. This doesn't mean the aircraft can handle a person that small, but the seat is rated for that. The upper weight limit is 245lbs, but I don't have a height. Seated height is more important. I have a doc that might have seated height for both as well as height. I'll review it on the way into work.
Kevin
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kmceject
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 09:13 PM
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I checked a study done by McDonnell-Douglas for expanding the crew envelope for the ACES II seat (not specifically for the F-16) and it only listed the above info on the small occupant (one additional measurement was seated height of 34" minimum.) For the large occupant it only mentioned 95th percentile, but they did testing for weights up to a suspended weight of 500lbs. Suspended weight is weight of occupant, gear, helmet and parachute, does not include seat. The ACES II was capable of recovering the 500lb suspended weight across the required conditions.
I know that a later study was done that eventually raised the official qualified nude pilot weight to 245lbs, which I believe is 99th percentile. I have anthropomorphic measurement books at home I'd have to refer to to see what the official measurements for 99th percentile are though. The books are kind of buried at the moment so I don't know when I can dig them out.
Kevin
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Phoenix
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Posted: Nov 27, 2003 - 09:57 PM
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| 245 lbs? Jeeez, the guy would have a hard time at 9 G... not to mention in a Su-37 executing a super cobra... |
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Posted: Oct 11, 2004 - 02:18 AM
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I'm 5'8" and my seated height, if i'm measuring correct, is 34" on the money.......... now, how the hell is a 5'4" (i believe that's the minimum to be a pilot) person ever gonna have a 34" seated height?
Am I wierdly shaped? |
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