REFLECTOR: Rear Seats

[nmflyer1 at aol.com]

I took a bit of advice from everyone:? 

I had the chestnut ridge foam for the rear seats. It was pretty thick, so I took 1" off of the bottom of the seat piece. Still very comfy and thick?and got me some room back. 

Then I ground a bit out of the aft corner that rests on the duct. The seat pan is sandwiched back there, and I went through the outer layer of glass, ground out some of the foam and filler, but not all the way through to the inner glass. It is mega strong back there, so 2 plies of BID to close it off is plenty. 

That allowed me to take 1/2 inch off the bottom of the seat runners. 
NOTE:? I had to put about 3/4" extensions on the bottom of the plans dimensions originally to keep the aft corner from hitting anyway. 

Then I moved the seat forward about 4" Initially, I had it almost all the way back to the keel. Luckily, I followed someone's suggestion long ago and put in extra hard points in the floor!? (Thanks... whomever suggested it). 

That got me 3-fingers of clearance to the closest point on the NACA duct. Seems like enough for now. 

Now I just have to go out and make the other seat match :) 

Back out to the Hangar. 

Kurt 




-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Martin <dennis.doc at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:18 am
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rear Seats


Same problem in my 173 Elite. I moved seats a bit forward, and I used a combination of certified foam densities that would protect the passenger, but not put passengers too high. I will pick up a prototype upholstered seat Monday. Then I'll let you know exact headroom. 

Best,
Dennis


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Christopher Barber <CBarber at texasattorney.net> wrote:



Hmmmm, I will have to look again, but I have an SE and when I put the rear seats in for initial fitting and sat in them with my ex they seemed fine.? I am about 5'10".? 

?

All the best,

?

Chris



----- Original Message ----- 

From: nmflyer1 at aol.com 

To: reflector at tvbf.org 

Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:09 PM






Subject: REFLECTOR: Rear Seats




I put the rear seats in to check some things for upholstery. With the aft outside corner of the seat pan sitting on the side duct there sure isn't much headroom. I'm only 5'9" and I have barely 1/2" headroom (below the NACA scoops) and that is without a headliner installed and no headset. 

Anyone had this problem on a Standard or 173 Velocity? 

The only way it looks like I can get more head room is to cut the duct and flatten it our in that spot, but I don't have much room for that. It might buy me another 1/2". Any other adjustments would make the seats crooked (side to side) since the aft corner is resting on the duct. 

Any input? 

Kurt 


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