Chris Cosman bragged:

We took the fuselage top out under the big maple tree out front, propped it
up on the picnic table and trash cans, then sat under it in lawn chairs
making airplane noises.  It is huge on the inside.  We're thinking of using
the amusement park method of giving rides... "..you must be at least this
tall to ride this ride.  If you are not this tall, please see the Vans booth
next door."  Don't worry, you all will get rides.

Russell Kent responded:

Chris, if I can fit comfortably (height-wise), you'll have 99.99% of the
population covered.  I sit 39.5" tall (pants bottom to scalp).  Don't forget
to add seat crush space and headset band room to that dimension... :-)

Chris Cosman replied:

Okay, SUPER-TORSO MAN, I just sat down against the wall and marked my
sitting height (don't worry, it's the wall my kids draw on)  I'm 38.5" head
to butt.  The rollover bow is still about 4" from my scalp... (:^{>

Good.  BTW, at 38.5" you're pretty far out there on the ergonomic curve, too.  Your
height is between the 90th and 95th percentile (I think it is just under the 93rd
percentile). Mine is beyond the 99th percentile.

Here is a link to one of the FAA's anthropometric papers:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/class/ioe491/HFDGCh14.pdf

I think this is a fragment of the larger FAA Human Factors Design Guide (HFDG) which
you can get from here:
http://www.tc.faa.gov/act-500/hfl/hfdg/

Russell Kent

 
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