REFLECTOR: Cut-down keel -- Opinions?

[Doug Kanczuzewski]

The keel is cut down only to the height of the seat base. When the seats fold down the seat backs raise above the keel area and the back of the seat have a flat area that then becomes the  luggage platform.
Sorry, no pictures till I head back to the airport.
Just look at the back seat area of an SUV. Same idea. Great when folded down as a storage area but the seat backs block off seeing the back when up.

Doug

From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Clayton Chase
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:12 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Cut-down keel -- Opinions?

My idea is that I have the back area set as a luggage compartment most of the time, just putting the seats in when I will have a 2nd or 3rd passenger.   And if I can reduce the keel height in the back area by 6 or 8 inches, that will make the floor of the luggage area that much lower.   Without that, I either have a level floor 8" higher or I have a keel sticking up through the middle of my luggage floor.


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Lawrence Epstein <ljepstein at hotmail.com<mailto:ljepstein at hotmail.com>> wrote:
It would seem to me that, rather than spend $1000 for the modification, make the rear seats easily removable and take them out when you need the room for luggage.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Clayton Chase <chasec at gmail.com<mailto:chasec at gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm considering the cut-down keep and bench seat upgrade ( about $1,000) from the factory on my kit.  Does anybody have opinions on if this is worthwhile?
I don't expect to do a lot of flying with more than 2 people, much more common will be 2 people plus luggage, which makes me think that the cut-down keel would be a great option.

Clay
PS: For those I've been chatting about selling parts to, I'm waiting for info from the factory on exactly which parts I'll still need after getting the RG upgrade.   I don't want to accidentally try to sell a part that I will end up needing, and I want to include in what I sell everything I won't need.


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