Mark L says: I wouldn't mind if my stick was aft about 3" more than it is. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kcontrol.html ).
Thank you Mark L -------------------------------- Colin R says: My seats are 4 inches further forward then plans, bottom 4 inches forward of rear spar, and seat back 5 inches. My dual sticks (thanks Brian Kraut ) are very comfortably right at my knee. ------------------------- Thank you Colin R +++++++++++++++++ This is exactly what I was trying to establish - thank you both. I still have the option to move everything - Firewall, seats and rudder pedals a bit closer (further forward), even the canopy if need be. I needed to know the true position in a completed airplane. My root chord is larger so the distance between spars is 3" greater, so I already have that in hand. From your info I now know that I can move the seats (payload) a good 6" fwd and still plan on having the controls mounted on the back of the main spar. My primary motive is to minimize the aft CG shift (when the second trusting soul comes aboard) by relocating the seats closer to the CG. Ideally the variable payload should be on the CG, but that is the price of side-by-side seating. I do appreciate the impact and consequences of this change, but the effort is worth having an airplane that has a relatively small CG migration between driver only and full house. Is that not why we choose the KR - it tolerates our whims. I am dead keen to hear the responses to the point raised by Barry K - what is the skinny on the single stick vs dual stick? I somehow figured that a "side stick" would be more convenient, it is aligned with the push-rod (arm), it caters for an arm rest (to reduce PIO) and makes for uncluttered space in front of everyone. I must be wrong, almost everyone is opting for dual controls - even guys that had already completed and installed single sticks Steve J
