Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #69529
From: Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Need to move front seats aft on a IV-P
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:52:37 -0400
To: Lancair Mailing List <lml@lancaironline.net>
Has anyone figured out what size screws you would need to handle the shear forces for the worst survivable horizontal deceleration?   The ones in my plane strike me as very undersized.

Colyn

On Mar 21, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Gary Casey wrote:

On my ES I fabricated a couple of stainless steel brackets from fairly thick sheet metal (forgot how thick).  They are each bolted to the spar carry-through with 2 -3 bolts  the spar itself carries the download, with any upload carried by the brackets.  I used -3 bolts and nuts to hold the seat rail to the brackets.  In the front I used aluminum angles with nutplates and long -3 bolts.  Works good and the seats are reasonably easy to get out.  I also put 1-inch phenolic spacers under the front rails to tilt the seats back and give a little more leg room.
Gary Casey


Has anyone with a IV-P found a good way to move the front seats aft about 3=
-4 inches?=A0 I don't need the rear seat leg room, but I could use more in =
the front.=A0 Moving the rails rearward would cantilever them quite a ways =
behind the spar box.=A0 I haven't figured out how I would support the rear =
ends of the rails.

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