REFLECTOR: Seat rail installation.

[Jorge Bujanda]

Andy,
You can see pictures of the assembly and installation of my seats at:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jbujanda/Construction.html#Fuselage  (Seats)
 
 

 
The standard angle between the bottom seat and the back of the seat felt too big for my
comfort; not because of the stick been too far forward but because I feel more comfortable
with my back on the straight side.  To reduce the angle between the two I reversed the
aluminum tops on the seat hinges and these turned out to be pretty much how I wanted them
so; no adjustments were necessary.  If anything, it may be too vertical after upholstering
and grinding the hinge tops will take care of it.  However, I placed the cushions of an
old car seat on the pan and back and it feels right for me. 
 
 
 
I moved the seat against the rails to determine the height I wanted for the seat pans.  I
then moved the whole seat assembly (seat and rails) fore-aft on the cabin floor to match
my distance to the pedals.  This gave the location for the floor hard points (I ignored
the location of the seat hard points in the manual).   
 
 
 
 

The reason I did not modify the rails is because the angle between the seat bottom and the
floor is ergonomic and helps you bend your knees.  Decreasing this angle will force you to
straighten your legs and this will be tiring, especially on long flights.  You can test
this by feeling your legs when you sit on the floor using one cushion and then using three
or four cushions; better bent than straight.  
 
My 2 cents
 
Regards,
Jorge Bujanda
Velocity XL FG 
Palmdale, CA
Website:  http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jbujanda/
 
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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 12:48 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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