Posted for Dave & Neva Skinner
<skinner3410@sbcglobal.net>:
> Brian, they do not have the gussets, nor do they have the extension pads to >the rear of the
flange other than the straps I mentioned earlier. I am >attaching a picture of how it was before I started this little project. >
> > > ________________________________ >From: Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net> > To: Lancair Mailing List
<lml@lancaironline.net> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:52 AM > Subject: [LML] Re: Need to move front seats aft on a IV-P >
> > > 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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