Sand or salt can get loose and cause problems just as a cement block or weights can. You do not want even 25 pounds of loose sand sliding to the rear of the plane when you put the nose up. You could make "rope dummies" like we used in air-rescue training. That way you can make different size dummies and strap them in real good. We used heavy rope, wound in figure-of-eight with additional rope wrapped around to make legs, arms, torso and even the head. I'm talking THICK rope. When we had the dummy completed we put an old flight suit on it, but you could probably use an old pair of overalls, and could lift it, carry it, put it in the basket or on the hoist and pull it into the helicopter. Works good. You'd be surprised how heavy these things can be in the same size as a human. Maybe not as heavy as Jerry or me... Good luck, Frank
--- Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> wrote: > You are absolutely right. It is dangerous. I look > back at when I tested the > Little Beast, and I am ashamed to tell you that I > used concrete blocks. > Every time I look back on that, it scares me. To > think that I could have > used such bad judgement. What if I had suffered a > rough landing and those > things had started having a mind of their own? What > a horrible thought. I am > going to put sand in a pair of pants and secure it > with the seat belt. Then > I am going to add a shirt sewn and filled with sand > and have it secured with > the seat and shoulder harness. I am going to tie the > legs and arms together > so they won't flop around so much. The only thing is > that I need to get as > much weight as Jerry and that is going to be hard to > do. > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering > > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING > and the time for building > is over. > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > -------Original Message------- > > Every time I see someone on the list talk about > > sandbags in the cockpit I always worry about the > darn > > things shifting around and as we all know it doesn't > > take much shifting around, not to mention a loose 50 > > pound bag of sand, in a KR to make things > interesting > > for the pilot. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > Frank Ross, EAA Chapter 35, San Geronimo, TX RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, UK Visit my photo album at: http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2 __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
