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Been entertaining the wife's relatives from France for the last several
weeks so I haven't had a chance to really look at the LML in detail lately -
however, this subject from several posts ago caught my eye so I thought I'd
pop for two cents worth since I remember thinking how bad a failure might be
in something so (seeminly) simple.

I remember thinking that a simple three bid lay-up from the front of the
spar running aft over the edge of the seat-pan could be a candidate for
peeling away and letting the seat-pan slide forward since the peel strength
of a simple lap type lay-up is pretty low.

Ergo, I opted to lay two bid from the front and two bid from the aft
direction coming together at the front edge of the seat-pan, then folding
the resulting four bid back over the seat-pan edge for about 3/8 inch. I had
previously applied good ol' duct tape to the front edge of the pan (lapped
around top and bottom to provide release and clearance).

When cured, even my 210 lb partner couldn't apply enough force on the seat
to make things come loose. A simple clip from the front of the spar hooking
into the stick hole in the seat-pan keeps things from slipping aft.

Cheers

Dan Schaefer

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