REFLECTOR: seats

[Andrew Ellzey]

My daughter totaled her 30th year commemorative addition Camaro several years back, and after the insurance company payed for the car, they gave her what was left of the car. I took the two leather front seats and installed them in my XLRG, and they fit perfect. They have full recline to the rear, and because a Camaro is a two door car, the seats will release forward to allow passengers to climb into the rear. I took the original seat rails which had all of the electric power options off, only 4 bolts, electric power units were way too heavy, with this removed the bottom of the seat, was perfectly flat. I used an appropriate size 1/8 inch flat aluminum plate and made an adapter plate to use the original Camaro 4 bolts to adapt to my kit supplied Velocity seat rails. Just an estimate, these seats, don't weigh much more than the factory bucket seats would with good foam and leather installed. I will have them recovered sometime after I fly off my first
 40 hours. This is an old photo attached showing them installed in my aircraft.
 
Andy Ellzey
Should be flying this summer, doing final paint at this time.


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> From: Reiff Lorenz <Reiff at lorenz.com>
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:27 PM
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: seats
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>I'm working on designing a system to mount Corbeau A4 seats in my XL. I didn't like the factory hinges and lack of adjustability.
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>The A4 will be a tight fit in the XL, so I don't know if they'd fit in an SE. They also weigh about 33 lbs with rails,   (factory seats are about 18), which may be a limiting factor in many cases.
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>I'll post more when I have the (quick-release) mounting brackets installed and seats working.
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>Reiff
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>From: Lou Stedman
>Sent: 4/11/2012 10:52 PM
>To: Velocity Reflector
>Subject: REFLECTOR: seats
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>I fly an older model SEFG, 1989. My front seats are getting a little worn looking and I am thinking about upgrading. I know I can purchase seats from Velocity but they seem pretty expensive. I was wondering if anyone has ever used automotive seats and if so what model and year. I have measured the width between my keel and side of fuselage and it appears to be quite narrow. Any suggestions?
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>Lou Stedman
>Velocity SEFG
>N7044Q
>Olean, NY
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