Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #62322
From: Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [LML] Re: L-IV Center Arm Rest
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:59:06 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

Fred,

That armrest looks really good but as soon as I saw the hinge, I realized that it would not hold the weight.  You can hinge a bracing arm under the front of the arm that will swing down and provide support when the armrest is down.  It will swing out of the way when the armrest is raised.  If necessary, the bracing arm can be hinged in the middle as well in order to make it long enough and still get out of the way when raised.

Bill B

 


From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Frederick Moreno
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:48 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: L-IV Center Arm Rest

 

I just happened to have the seats out of my LIV and so shot some pictures of my armrest which is attached.  

 

Design requirements:

1) Had to fold up with nothing in front of front surface of front seat back rests so the co-pilot can  hop in and scoot across without hitting the armrest stand.

2)  Similarly, no projection behind the back of the seat back rests to clear knees of rear passengers.

3) Light

4)  Places to put pens and pencils, front and back.

 

 

It is made of 1/4 inch fiberglass/core stuck together in the conventional way with flanges on the bottom to tie it down.   The armrest itself is on aluminum piano hinge.  If you push down hard, you can break it off.  (Been there, done that in severe turbulence, reinforced with more carbon uni top and bottom.) 

 

It attaches with the four bolts that hold the hand pump, plus two forward bolts bonded into phenolic "wedges" which were then bonded to the top of the spar box with flox to get a precision fit.  The four bolts are not far enough apart to provide attachment rigidity.  (Been there, done that.)  The forward bolts make it solid.

 

Note in the photo "Armrest 3" that the hinge bolt for the hand pump is long enough that some reliefs must be ground into the armrest stand to provide clearance.  It is all a bit of a tight fit.

 

Any questions, drop me a line and I can fill you in on some subtleties discovered during construction.

 

Fred Moreno


On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:32 AM, "Nicholas Paczkowski" <npaczkowski@telus.net> wrote:

I don't know if it can safely be done but I would love to install a (folding?) arm rest between the front seats of my L-IV project somehow straddling the emergency hand pump. Has anyone successfully done this who could provide pictures and advice? Thank you.

 

 

 

 

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