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Old 1st Apr 2007, 14:33
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Shy, the seats are standard, just be sure nobody stores stuff in the seat wells under them. If so, the stuff will stop the seat stroke, and limit the safety enhancement, since stroke distance equates to G's of protection.

The pax seats have similar protection, they use the support wires drawn through dies, to absorb the energy, up to about 12 g's.

These are the kinds of protection that the "new" standards for LUH left out:
from the LUH rRFP (note they are low, and not even requirements):
The Light Utility Helicopter, operating as a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified rotorcraft, shall provide for occupant protection in a crash through designs that protect aircraft crew and passengers. The Army requests information on industry's ability to meet the design standards for crashworthiness and crew survivability as defined by the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 27 or Part 29, Sections 561, 562, and 785 as of December 13, 1989.
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