Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Seat module


Here is a sure way to waste time - deviate from the plan and the kit! Normally I try and avoid this at all costs but occassionally I need to take folks for demo flights who are bigger than most of us. The Whisper has plenty of leg room but occassionally you find someone with a very long torso. These people bang their heads against the canopy! To cater for these folks I decided to modify my seat module somwehat. Essentially I have removed the entire seat bottom aft of the carry through spar and made new sides. Normal sized people will use cushions (plenty of them ) and those big folks can sit virtually on the lower skin of the aircraft. I would not suggest this unless it is absolutely necessary as it is a lot of extra work. Also the person moves aft by sitting in this position and one will have to be very careful with c of g calcs before every flight.

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