Patrick - thank goodness I am now talking to one converted person. I have lots of problems with my back and have moulded a glass base (with 2 pot foam to fill voids) as a base for the foam. The back shape is very uneven in Dimona and thus we need to get the back shape correct and then add foam I believe.
I am sure Tom XXX now wishes the Dimona that he was in when it crashed had confor foam seat cushions instead of the crap yellow foam Diamond use. How many people do we need to injure their backs before we react and do something!!! Besides confor is comfortable also!!! If GFA do not legislate like other countries to use confor foam the it is time for us to react and start using it. Ian McPhee On 27 April 2011 19:38, Patrick Barfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Ditto everything Ian said about confor foam. Through my work (BAE > Systems) we have just upgraded our fleet of CT4 aircraft in Tamworth to > comply with the latest FAR 23 standards for 19g crash landing using 10cm of > confor foam when most engineers were saying we’d need to redesign the entire > seat with crumpling structures etc. The confor foam passed the sled tests > with flying colours (pun intended). I’m so impressed that I’m now going to > get a quote through our local ex-RAAF Life Support technician Sandy Allen in > Tomago near Newcastle to manufacture a set of confor foam cushions for my > Dimona to replace the cushions which I think are filled with coco fibre or > similar stuffing. You can read up on Confor foam at > http://www.aviationsupplyonline.com/custom.em?pid=548924. The best > solution is probably a laminate of different firmness layers and I might > even look at a comfy lambswool cover (attached with Velcro for ease of > laundering) for added comfort. > > > > If anybody else is interested, I’ll let you know how much and provide > Sandy’s contact details. Be warned - Confor foam is not cheap but as Ian > says if you need it you will wish you had bought it. > > > > Regards, > > > > Pat Barfield > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Ian Mc Phee [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 27 April 2011 10:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [DOG mailing list] Fuel Filter > > > > michael > > Interesting as I have missed seeing same (i did not tick it off at going on > to AUS register 5 years ago) but ours has it re-positioned to the bulkhead > so all is good > > > > On another matter I have always felt strong about confor high density foam. > Recently found NZ must have confor foam used in gliders there and in UK > an AN (or whatever) came out 5 years ago which highly recommended its use. > > > > I think time has come to consider same when you are thinking of new > cushions upgrade to slow release foam seats. The hk36 which crashed here a > few years ago (the other now defunct club) one guy is still not walking I > gather. The Hk36 comes out of factory with nice soft foam cushions but no > use in a crash. Then there was the ASK13 at Boonah and the guy has back > problems - hopefully he will be OK. We had an ex airline pilot crash one of > our falkes years ago (was having blackouts we found 2 years after the crash) > It had confour foam cushions and he recovered and has gone sailing and as a > doctor friend who works on rescue helicopter "that foam seat saved him". > > > > Ian M > > >
