REFLECTOR: Seats+++

[gpoole]

SEATS: Good questions on the seats Lawrence, my '98 STd Elite kit has same 4
identical seats with non parallel sides. I installed the hinges anyway &
mine don't seem to bind - seat buckets appear very thin and in need of
reinforcement however & so would also like to read answers to your
questions. From memory I think the factory told me that I would need to
narrow the pans for the front seats but age has faded that info some....

PROP: Thanks Dave Dent!!! (you're worth your weight in gold!), I really do
look forward to your findings on the less expensive constant speed prop vs
the others you have run.

ENGINE COWL ATTACHMENTS: Yep, I must be in the same boat as many others in
that I am having trouble visualising how you have secured the cowls with the
extra lip....a pictures' worth....

Greg in Sydney.


-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of lawrence epstein
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2007 11:02 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Seats

I am assembling the seats and I noticed that despite having 2 seat pans 
marked "front seat bottom" and 2 marked "rear seat bottom", all 4 appear to 
be identical. The same holds true for the seat backs.

Does anyone know if they are supposed to be different? (Scott?)

In fact, all 4 seat backs appear to slope more on the right hand side, which

would seem to be appropriate   for a passenger (right) seat, conforming to 
the slope of the fuselage side.   I would expect the left/pilot side seat 
backs to slope the other way.

Did I get 2 pair of the same seats by mistake? (Mine is an OLD kit, 
delivered 6/1996)

I did put the hinges on and (as has been mentioned before) the seat back 
sides are not parallel.  Instead of bending the hinges/tightening them down 
to conform and thereby distorting the hinges, i was planning on building a 
pad of microglass under the hinge arms to create a flat surface to tighten 
down on. Anybody see a problem with this?

I also remember conversations about reinforcing the seats, but has anyone 
actually had a failure/breakage?

Thanks all,

Larry E.


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