REFLECTOR: Safer seats

[Keith Hallsten]

On the other hand, since this all came up in the context of crashworthiness,
those side bolsters would help keep you in position under the seat belts
better than flat seats during the gyrations of a crash.  Something ELSE to
consider!

 

Keith Hallsten

 

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Brown
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:57 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Safer seats

 

Great looking seats - however something to consider:

 

Since most of our turns are coordinated - meaning there is minimal
horizontal G loads - the thigh and shoulder bolsters are not really needed.
In fact they pretty much lock you into position and can make the long rides
uncomfortable in that you can't move around much.  

 

Ronnie

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

From: robertbuls at aol.com 

To: reflector at tvbf.org 

Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:06 PM

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Safer seats

 

So Jerry, which are you leaning toward. That bottom one you suggested looks
good. I think I missed any specific reference to memory- or viscoelastic-
foam though. Just said high density, I thought. 

    Looking forward to Toilet Bowl and detailed crawling around your XL !

Bob

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Brainard, Jerry <Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:21:24 -0400
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Safer seats

I have been looking at seats for a couple years.  John you picked out my
favorites when cost is no object.  However, there are many in the $300-$500
range that are very acceptable.  What you may not have notices is that these
seat also use viscoelastic foam (aka memory foam).  Of course with more
structure you get more weight.  These seat are going to be in the 25-30 lb
range.

 

Here are some more links:

 

http://www.cobraseats.com/item.asp?pg=SP
<http://www.cobraseats.com/item.asp?pg=SP&id=ROAD> &id=ROAD

http://www.corbeau.com/prod_index/prod_index.shtml

 

A particularly interesting seat in base size.

 

http://www.corbeau.com/products/a4/a4.shtml#

 

- jerry

 

 


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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of John Tvedte
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:32 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Safer seats

Here is an example - fiberglass (unless you have platinum bars - in which
case one can purchase a carbon fiber version).

 

These are Sparco Modena seats -  although they are not in production at this
time. (not sure of the dimensions as they are not published at this time)

 

Only $1399ea at PolePosition.

 

http://www.polepositionusa.com/site/product.cfm?id=DADB35C8-7D5F-4AC4-A99D61
255E4CA5BA

 

Only $3400ea - Carbon Fiber at PolePosition.

 

http://www.polepositionusa.com/site/product.cfm?id=DA0EA358-F9EF-40A5-863AA2
799227295C

 

John

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org on behalf of Al Gietzen 
Sent: Thu 9/22/2005 7:43 PM 
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' 
Cc: 
Subject: REFLECTOR: Safer seats

 

There are seats for race cars available that are very light and designed
for high speed car crashes.
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Yeah; I wonder how many bars of gold it would take to get one (@$470/oz) . .
.

Al

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