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Old 09-24-2009, 03:04 PM
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Default I had a 6'5" guy in my -6...

...a couple of years ago. I removed the seat bottom and left one Classic Aero booster in place and he still had clearance with the headset on. The seat was also tilted to the rearmost postion. I'm right at 6' so you can see how tall Jim is:


He had to duck to let the slider bow by but then it was fine:

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Old 09-24-2009, 04:36 PM
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I'm 6'6" myself. I debated building the -8 with the tall pilot option, but after flying in an RV7 and sitting in another, i realized its doable. As people have said, I'm sure it depends on how tall your torso vs legs are. I plan to squeeze every inch I can into my plane to make it work for me.

I'd be curious how Hoss7 "enlarged the bulkhead gusset behind the seats in my 7 (slider), back about 3", as well as moving the seat backs (on the floor) approx. 1.5" to the rear".

Can you really move the back of the seat 3" rearward? I'd love to see some pictures of this.
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