Determining cockpit dimensions and associative dimensions between components in cockpit of ultralight plane for Taiwanese

Abstract

The cockpit dimensions of ultralight plane were determined by suing body and subjective dimensions of Taiwanese. The side view of the cockpit was a trapezoid. The length of the top and bottom sides were 707 and 1773mm, its height was 1280mm. The front view of the cockpit was a rectangle a width of 856mm. The length from SRP to the back and bottom side of the cockpit were 588 and 104-260mm, respectively. The length, width, and height from SRP forward, sideward, and downward to the elevator center were 380-568, 246-319, and 168-254mm. The length, width, and height from SRP forward, sideward, and downward to the throttle center were 356-555mm, 255-328, 179-264mm, respectively. The length from SRP to the rudder pedals was 712-885mm and its angle was 48°. The depth and width of the seat were 238-360 and 396mm, respectively. The height and angle of the seatback was 554 and 91-121°. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.