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I'm 6'2"/200lbs with a slightly "elongated" torso and only medium length legs, ie my inseam is 32-33".
I recently sat in a short fuse S1, asking myself if the cockpit was big enough.
...This may seems a simple question but as I don't have much Pitts time, I was really puzzling over it. The time I do have in a Pitts is in the back of a S2 and honestly whenever I get into a Pitts it always seems a bit small.
My question is how to judge this size issue. Sitting in the S1 with a cushion under my butt and behind my lower back to simulate a parachute I found that:
1) My legs do not hit the gas tank and aren't close, but definitely my legs are not straight --I've got about a 30-35 degree bend at the knees. 2) Sitting normally, my head was just about 1/8" from the canopy and if I straightened up I could push my head into the canopy.
I was told this S1 had the seat bottom down as far as it could go, sitting right on some tubing.
The "knowledgeable" person there told me before I got in that I "was over 6' so would be too big" so I was definitely biased to think the cockpit too small. Now I'm questioning that.
Any of you out there that are 6'2" and routinely fly a S1?
Would like to make this work as I'm finding there seem to be more short fuse S1's than long fuse versions available.
Thanks for your input!
I recently sat in a short fuse S1, asking myself if the cockpit was big enough.
...This may seems a simple question but as I don't have much Pitts time, I was really puzzling over it. The time I do have in a Pitts is in the back of a S2 and honestly whenever I get into a Pitts it always seems a bit small.
My question is how to judge this size issue. Sitting in the S1 with a cushion under my butt and behind my lower back to simulate a parachute I found that:
1) My legs do not hit the gas tank and aren't close, but definitely my legs are not straight --I've got about a 30-35 degree bend at the knees. 2) Sitting normally, my head was just about 1/8" from the canopy and if I straightened up I could push my head into the canopy.
I was told this S1 had the seat bottom down as far as it could go, sitting right on some tubing.
The "knowledgeable" person there told me before I got in that I "was over 6' so would be too big" so I was definitely biased to think the cockpit too small. Now I'm questioning that.
Any of you out there that are 6'2" and routinely fly a S1?
Would like to make this work as I'm finding there seem to be more short fuse S1's than long fuse versions available.
Thanks for your input!
