I sat in my plane for the first time a few weeks ago and ran into the same thing. ?I am looking at raising my dash board. ?This will give me more leg room to slide forward in the seat. ?I won't be lowering my seat because of control cables. ?I really like my custom seat cushion. ?My SITuation is very similar to yours.?? Joe Nunley?CW2 US Army RetiredBaker JROTC Instructor?Baker Florida?
-------- Original message -------- From: "T. W. Norman via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 10/02/2015 10:17 PM (GMT-06:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: "T. W. Norman" <Twnorman at msn.com> Subject: KR> Canopy/Seat Good evening, I've been able to finish my seats, and I am very pleased with the results.However (you know how it is when someone says "however") I sat in the airplane (and, yes, I'll admit to making airplane noises too) and I lowered the canopy-the result was needing to cock my head to the right in order to close it completely. Now, my question is three-fold: First, the seat itself is kind of like Mark Langford's in the design and installation of the base product. Where it differs is the upholstery adds about 3 inches to my height. Now, I'm only 5'5" so I should fit nicely in the aircraft. So, my first question is should I recess the seat farther down so that it's lower than the aft spar? It would mean re-building the seats from scratch because of how the supports are developed. There is no structural supports on the floor of the aircraft at all (which presented the challenge to begin with). Secondly, What are people's thoughts about raising the canopy? Has anyone ever tried it? What trouble am I looking at to do this? Thirdly, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, how would one go about reclining the seat so that I can have more head clearance without losing visibility? In this situation, what would you guys recommend? Any of you found that you're too tall for the setup? How did you overcome that? Thanks! Trevor
