Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:18:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.254] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b1) with ESMTP id 3137813 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:56:24 -0500 Received: from lsanca1-ar17-4-61-193-015.lsanca1.elnk.dsl.genuity.net ([4.61.193.15] helo=skipslater) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1B8Yi8-0004Di-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:56:24 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <005901c416e5$17076920$6401a8c0@earthlink.net> Reply-To: "Skip Slater" From: "Skip Slater" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Splitting rear seat in ES X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:52:27 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003B_01C416A1.4ABF1900" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-ELNK-Trace: cbee950bdf563876c8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c26097088b38d6ec789a6264824119715737aa8438e0f32a48e08350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C416A1.4ABF1900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I split my rear seats and used the Columbia as my model. To support = the seat backs, I put a 1x1" aluminum bar across the back. To hold it = in place, I made some U shaped channel out of carbon, shaped the ends = and bonded them into position on the sides of the fuselage. Then I = added several BID of reinforcement. The bar lays in the channel at the = ends and is held in place with spring loaded push pins. The seat backs have spring loaded latches that snap onto the fixed = sides of the back seat. I can lower one seatback or the other, or lower = them both and remove the bar for unrestricted access to the baggage = area. Though I haven't needed to fly with one seat down, I did use the = flexibility afforded just this weekend when we lowered one seatback to = load my son's snowboard into the baggage area. It was too big for the = baggage door and wouldn't fit over the top of the back seat. I don't have any good digital photos of the installation, but can = take some if you need them. Skip Slater N540ES =20 ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C416A1.4ABF1900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
  I split my rear seats and used = the Columbia=20 as my model.  To support the seat backs, I put a 1x1" = aluminum bar across the back.  To hold it in place, = I made some=20 U shaped channel out of carbon, shaped the ends and bonded them into = position on=20 the sides of the fuselage.  Then I added several BID of=20 reinforcement.  The bar lays in the channel at the ends and is held = in=20 place with spring loaded push pins.
   The seat backs have spring = loaded=20 latches that snap onto the fixed sides of the back seat.  = I can=20 lower one seatback or the other, or lower them both and remove the bar = for=20 unrestricted access to the baggage area.  Though I = haven't needed to=20 fly with one seat down, I did use the flexibility afforded just this = weekend=20 when we lowered one seatback to load my son's snowboard into the baggage = area.  It was too big for the baggage door and wouldn't fit over = the top of=20 the back seat.
   I don't have any good = digital photos=20 of the installation, but can take some if you need them.
   Skip Slater
  =20 N540ES  
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