"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
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This is somewhat analagous to reported accidents by
Cessna pilots on takeoff; if the adjustable seats
are not properly locked in their rails the seat can
slide backward, making it impossible to push the yoke
forward.

Perhaps we need a two-point attachment for each of
the shoulder straps -- the one above the shoulders
that already is in place and which keeps the body from
being thrown forward, plus a second one from be bottom
of the seat pan, and which would prevent the body from
moving upward and aft. This second strap could also
protect against cranial collision with the canopy.


Anyone for seven-point harness?

I've been reading this, and I wonder if you couldn't just sew some straps to
the back side of the existing straps, then bring those down to a rectangle
of ballistic cloth that would lay on and more-or-less cover the seat back
and seat pan.
The higher the nose rotates, the more your weight would tend to squeeze the
ballistic cloth between your parachute and the seat back.

Tim Ward