REFLECTOR: Seat rail installation.

[Christopher Barber]

I had the same issue with the steep incline on the seat.  In my case it was
VERY difficult to reach the yoke controls in my plane.  I have assumed the
incline is not as big an issue with the standard center stick since the
center stick is further from the IP, however, it made it a pain with my yoke
option.  I solved the problem and added a few inches of headroom by cutting
the front of the seat rail pillar in half and then bolting together the
lapping over pillars.  It brought the seat much more level thus allowing
better positioning to use the yokes, not to mention the added
headroom....now when my hair gets to the "Baptist preacher" height it does
not graze the roof.

Here are some pix on my website.  The pix are towards the bottom.
http://texasattorney.net/Velocity2/page28.html

All the best,

Chris

Christopher Barber
Attorney and Counselor at Law
5110 Bissonnet, No 418
Bellaire, Texas 77401

Serving the Needs of Senior Texans

281-464-LAWS (5297)
281-754-4168 Fax
www.TexasAttorney.net

  -----Original Message-----
  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Brainard, Jerry
  Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:14 PM
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Seat rail installation.


  We also have noted the steep seat incline.  I found that it is very
difficult to slide the seat forward because you have to "climb" the incline.
I have not done anything to remedy this, but am considering lowering the
front by cutting and re-welding.

  - jerry




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  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
  Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:48 PM
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Seat rail installation.


  I put one of my seat assemblies together last night and made the backrest
angle reclined about 10 degrees from the seat base. I then took this assy
and placed it on top of one of my front seat track rails. This made the seat
assembly reclined to far aft to be comfortable for a front seat. This is the
same angle that is used for the rear rails also but is probably needed for
head clearance for the back seat passengers. It looks like an additional 1
inch will need to be added to the rear of the seat rail assy to bring the
front seat to a proper level. I am interested in what others have done or
added to level the front seats or am I seeing something wrong?

  Andy Ellzey

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