Sorry Chaps to repeat everyone's notes but I had deleted the two
previous messages and I am pushed for time.
Subject to the height of intended pilot and passengers I intend using
the foam 'sit upon' and backing from a BMW latest series 3 , E36 seats
recovered and set on to 2" of Dynafoam. The back rest may need to be shortened
a little to facilitate sitting on the europa 'head rest' area prior to lowering
yourself into the seat. They are pretty difficult to
get though , but I got a couple of severly damaged seats through one of the
National car wrecking services for =A380 including TNT delivery .
Principle behind all this is that my Volvo seat is a real pain in the A.....se!
but I can do 150 miles in the wife's BM without a move or a jiffle !!! What
point rigging up for a really efficient cruise then having to land for a rest
every other hour !!!????
I've stripped the seats and it will be quite easy to sew new fabric to
the templates of the original material . That is if you are unlucky enough
to get a pair of seats like me where the fabric is rotten !!!
Hope this helps. Wish someone would help with this bloody sanding !!!!
Regards
Bob Harrison. 337 G-PTAG
-----Original Message-----
From: Miles McCallum [SMTP:milesm@avnet.co.uk]
Sent: 03 September 1999 08:27
Subject: Re: Upholstery: Seat comfort
>
>A seemingly trivial matter this, but it can cause some distress !
>
>During some longer cross-country trips which I've embarked on recently,
>my
>passengers and I have experienced the progressive development of a
>rather
>dull ache in the muscles of the gluteal region (polite description !),
>due
>principally to the lack of support provided by my standard seat
>cushions.
The standard solution - which we plan to employ - is to use lightweight
stiff foam (coloured white) or high density chipfoam (heavy) to provide
the
seat contours - raised sides, bolstered lower back- and put a layer of
temperfoam over it before covering.
Temperfoam slowly contours itself to your shape so you don't get
pressure
points on your ***, and is "G" sensitive - a fast application of G makes
it
go stiff. Used in the Shuttle seats and some ejection seats. V.
expensive,
available from Spruce, RD Aviation, etc, but well worth the expense.
M
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