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Sacpilot wrote:Anyone? Is the chute the only cushioning that you have when wearing one? You just sit on the frame?

Parachutes come in two types generally. Backpack and seatpack. I don't know which you have. I use a seatpack type in my Falco and the AT-6. In both cases, there is no seat bottom cushion. You sit on the seatpack. We never fly the AT-6 without a chute so there are no seat bottom cushions to take out. In the Falco, I have memory foam seat bottom cushions for "normal" flying and they are held in with velcro to the seat bucket. I take the seat cushion out and sit on the parachute when I am doing acro or formation flying.

I have never sat in a Panther (should have done it at Airventure but didn't get around to it). Based on looking at the cockpit and the adjustability of the seat and rudder pedals, I would think that you could arrange it to work with either a seatpack or a backpack style chute but either way, you would take out the regular seat cushion (bottom or back) when using the chute.

Blue Skies!

Rick Pellicciotti

Anyone? Is the chute the only cushioning that you have when wearing one? You just sit on the frame?

Just got a nice used parachute. Way ahead of schedule. But, with all
Of the bulk, how do you wear in th cockpit? Do I not use cushioning on seat, and use the pack as the cushioning? Does
It fit back into the seat frame? I'm 6'3 240. Don't see how I would sit on the parachute and cushioning.