Nov 05, 2007     Front seat - (4.5 hours)       Category: Fuselage

This evening I began by doing a slight modification to my front seat -- I beveled the corners of the corrugations on the seat-back. This will eliminate any sharp edges from the seat skin that might rub on the back seat occupant's legs.

Next, I fabricated the F-832B and F-832D top and bottom seat angles, and the F-832E attach hinge.

I clamped, drilled, and clecoed the seat skin to the side rails, then drilled and clecoed on the bottom angle and attach hinge. (I had to re-make the hinge because, once again, Van's drawings depict the hinge eyes in the wrong place, just like they do on the bottom of the rear seat.)

Finally, I put the front floorboards in the fuselage and fitted the front seat in place. It all fits very well! It's almost time to climb in and make airplane noises...