[Fot] Fot Digest, Vol 43, Issue 17

[John Frymark]

Rocky Entriken wrote: My cuffs slip on,
> like yours, and I wear them up around the elbows and will slide off  
> easily

Rocky, I was shown that arm restraint cuffs worn at the elbow take  
little force to pull up over the elbow rendering them practically  
useless. The goal is to restrain your lower arm from extending out of  
the "safe zone" of the cockpit. They should be worn on the forearm  
toward the wrist and tight enough that they can't be pulled up the  
arm, and the tether short enough that you can't extend your arm above  
head or outside the cockpit. Watch this video of Travis Pastrana  
rolling a rally car to see the potential danger of flailing arms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Js_BYaU80w

"Stay safe my friends".(The least interesting Man in the World)