This is how I did mine Trevor-Just lower the bucket to fit. I'm 5ft 9 and it worked for me. All the best.
Mac UK On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 4:17 AM, T. W. Norman via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org > wrote: > > > Good evening, > > > > I've been able to finish my seats, and I am very pleased with the > results.However (you know how it is when someone says "however") I sat in > the airplane (and, yes, I'll admit to making airplane noises too) and I > lowered the canopy-the result was needing to cock my head to the right in > order to close it completely. > > > > Now, my question is three-fold: > First, the seat itself is kind of like Mark Langford's in the design and > installation of the base product. Where it differs is the upholstery adds > about 3 inches to my height. Now, I'm only 5'5" so I should fit nicely in > the aircraft. So, my first question is should I recess the seat farther > down > so that it's lower than the aft spar? It would mean re-building the seats > from scratch because of how the supports are developed. There is no > structural supports on the floor of the aircraft at all (which presented > the > challenge to begin with). > > Secondly, What are people's thoughts about raising the canopy? Has anyone > ever tried it? What trouble am I looking at to do this? > Thirdly, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, how would one go about > reclining the seat so that I can have more head clearance without losing > visibility? > > > > In this situation, what would you guys recommend? Any of you found that > you're too tall for the setup? How did you overcome that? > > > > Thanks! > > > Trevor > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Scan.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 188114 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20151003/023bfaf0/attachment.jpg>
