REFLECTOR: Safer seats

[Ron Brown]

Great looking seats - however something to consider:

Since most of our turns are coordinated - meaning there is minimal horizontal G loads - the thigh and shoulder bolsters are not really needed.  In fact they pretty much lock you into position and can make the long rides uncomfortable in that you can't move around much.  

Ronnie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: robertbuls at aol.com 
  To: reflector at tvbf.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:06 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Safer seats


  So Jerry, which are you leaning toward. That bottom one you suggested looks good. I think I missed any specific reference to memory- or viscoelastic- foam though. Just said high density, I thought. 
      Looking forward to Toilet Bowl and detailed crawling around your XL !
  Bob
   
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Brainard, Jerry <Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com>
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
  Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:21:24 -0400
  Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Safer seats


  I have been looking at seats for a couple years.  John you picked out my favorites when cost is no object.  However, there are many in the $300-$500 range that are very acceptable.  What you may not have notices is that these seat also use viscoelastic foam (aka memory foam).  Of course with more structure you get more weight.  These seat are going to be in the 25-30 lb range.

  Here are some more links:

  http://www.cobraseats.com/item.asp?pg=SP&id=ROAD
  http://www.corbeau.com/prod_index/prod_index.shtml

  A particularly interesting seat in base size.

  http://www.corbeau.com/products/a4/a4.shtml#

  - jerry




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  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of John Tvedte
  Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:32 PM
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
  Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Safer seats


  Here is an example - fiberglass (unless you have platinum bars - in which case one can purchase a carbon fiber version).

  These are Sparco Modena seats -  although they are not in production at this time. (not sure of the dimensions as they are not published at this time)

  Only $1399ea at PolePosition.

  http://www.polepositionusa.com/site/product.cfm?id=DADB35C8-7D5F-4AC4-A99D61255E4CA5BA

  Only $3400ea - Carbon Fiber at PolePosition.

  http://www.polepositionusa.com/site/product.cfm?id=DA0EA358-F9EF-40A5-863AA2799227295C

  John

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org on behalf of Al Gietzen 
  Sent: Thu 9/22/2005 7:43 PM 
  To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' 
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  Subject: REFLECTOR: Safer seats




    There are seats for race cars available that are very light and designed
    for high speed car crashes.
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    Yeah; I wonder how many bars of gold it would take to get one (@$470/oz) . .
    .

    Al

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