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Biometric Data

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Topaz

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For those of us interested in aircraft design, getting useful biometric data - body dimensions - is always a challenge. The typical homebuilt designer measures him or her self, and calls it a day. That's fine except if you're someone like Ken Rand, designer of the classic KR series of homebuilts. Ken was a small guy, and builders of his designs are constantly widening and lengthening cockpit dimensions accordingly.

I found NASA's online resource for biometric data, and it's really useful. Data is presented generally for year 2000 information, in two generic examples: 40 year-old Japanese woman (small person) and 40 year-old American man (large person). Data is given for 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles within those two models.

Hopefully this is as useful to you as it has been for me!

https://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section03.htm
 
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