2G wrote on 9/3/2019 9:29 PM:
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 8:10:53 PM UTC-7, Charlie Quebec wrote:
To be clear, I am refering only to the one piece DG canopy not the 2 piece. It’s clear in a nose first crash, the canopy would fly forwards, there is nowhere else for it to go, it’s not even in the picture of this crash.
I removed mine from my 200 after reading the crash report. I just use a feather pillow stuffed into the turtle deck area, works nicely.

A typical approach speed is 55 kt, or 63 mph. Does ANYBODY really think you can survive a frontal impact at that speed in a glider fuselage, which has minimal energy absorbing?

That depends very much on the definition of "frontal impact". A perpendicular
impact into a strong wall made of boulders would be much more serious than a 30
degree impact on dirt. What specifically did you have in mind?

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf