REFLECTOR: Safer seats

[John Tvedte]

Those look nice.  The Cobra roadster looks interesting - I can't tell if
it reclines - a call to http://www.subesports.com/
<BLOCKED::http://www.subesports.com/>  would answer that question.  In
my conversations with them, they said they didn't have a smaller seat
(than the Daytona) that reclined....hmmm...FYI, I've tried a Cobra
Daytona - and it is too large to fit in an XL.
 
The Corbeau A4 might fit, however, what we found is that the seat
recline system can interfere with the carbon fiber door pillar area.
Our measured limit seems to be in the 18" width range at the recline
mechanism point.  The A4 has the recline mechanism similar to the Recaro
seats (Cobra uses Recaro hardware) - so the system that allows for the
recline is low on the seat and may interfere with the pillar.
 
Having measured seats from an entire salvage yard, and then going to car
dealerships - we found that some BMW seats may fit and that Porsche
Boxster (or Carrera) seats will fit 17.5".  The BMW seats are nice, in
that the sliders lift the seat and move it forward, making it easier to
use to allow back seat passengers into the rear of the plane.
 
In my case, I have picked up a set of nice used manual Boxster seats.
These seats fit in the XL, and have the recline "lifter" out of the
recline area - they are up past the bolster area - so they are easy to
reach.  We are working on the mounting at this point.  We will likely
modify them (foam and weight reduction if possible) - and recover.
 
None of these seats use memory foam as far as we know.
 
John

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Brainard, Jerry
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 2:21 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
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-A9
9D61255E4CA5BA
 
Only $3400ea - Carbon Fiber at PolePosition.
 
http://www.polepositionusa.com/site/product.cfm?id=DA0EA358-F9EF-40A5-86
3AA2799227295C
 
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' 
Cc: 
Subject: REFLECTOR: Safer seats




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