Hi? ?
the MiG-3 belts arrangement is still an unclear thing. There is a drawing from Voronin showing the belts passing through a slot in the backrest cushion,
so one would expect a slot on the metallic plate of the backrest, as on La-7.
But images of wreck and rebuilt MiG-3 don't show this.
I'm thinking: maybe the belts of MiG-3 resembled to those of Polikarpovs,
more than to those of La-7.
I'm suspecting that the shoulder belts were attached in the lower part, and
came up on the backrest. (see image mig3-15, on the lower part, on the back
side, there is a possible anchoration point) .
This would allow to the pilot more freedom to move forward and prevent only
his falling down in reverse flight , not his movement forward as those of
later fighters.
At present time, I have not photos of Polikarpov's belts. Have you anything
on this, please?
In the following link, tou see the back part of the front seat of an UTI-4. The anchoration point and the slot for belts in low position is clearly visible.
http://www.kartonwork.pl/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=409&sid=d0d88d4fb1059a1febff8b5594064940I think that this hypothesis is the only compatible with the available
images of the metallic strut.
Who has ideas on this?
Massimo