Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
According to Nice but Tobias, the weight limit is 5 stone 8lbs (15:15 in the Parliament TV prog).
If that is true - and given that it's Tobias quoting the number, it could be anything - that would probably limit Kylie Minogue from being an F35 Lightning pilot. Not sure most of the other women I know would be under that weight, 78lbs / 36kg or thereabouts.
They would have had to backfill Baders legs with sand to get him up to weight, I would imagine he would have problems then walking.
So prey tell, I can understand the limit of the bang seat or possibly the aircraft trim at an extreme, but why does the weight of the pilot affect their ability to wear a helmet?, one would assume neck muscles etc would be the main concern or upper body strength or Pilot height would play a more important role.