Three requests for comments:
1. At 6'4" my seat back will be against the F-705F channel. I do not intend to install either the F-637D or F-638 seat back brace on the -7. I have already removed them from my flying -6A. Is there any structural reason to install the F-705J angle and F-705K plate on the F-705F channel or can I leave them off too?
2. On the passenger side my wife has expressed concern about inadvertently depressing a rudder pedal. (In addition, my son is 6'8" and I would like to be able to take him up some day.) Besides weight and complexity, that gave me another reason to leave the brakes off the pax side. If I also position the seat rearward on the pax side, I think I could design a folding foot rest that would prevent accidental contact by a passenger with the rudder pedals. The foot rest could be folded down if there were a requirement to fly from the right-hand side.
PLease comment if you see a problem with this idea.
3. With the seat all the way back and the rudder pedals as close to the firewall as the 3" minimum dimension specified on the left side view in Dwg. 37 will I have room to wear a parachute for aerobatics?
Thanks,
Larry
RV-6A N544WB (purchased flying)
Rv-7 empennage & wings complete, beginning QB fuselage
1. At 6'4" my seat back will be against the F-705F channel. I do not intend to install either the F-637D or F-638 seat back brace on the -7. I have already removed them from my flying -6A. Is there any structural reason to install the F-705J angle and F-705K plate on the F-705F channel or can I leave them off too?
2. On the passenger side my wife has expressed concern about inadvertently depressing a rudder pedal. (In addition, my son is 6'8" and I would like to be able to take him up some day.) Besides weight and complexity, that gave me another reason to leave the brakes off the pax side. If I also position the seat rearward on the pax side, I think I could design a folding foot rest that would prevent accidental contact by a passenger with the rudder pedals. The foot rest could be folded down if there were a requirement to fly from the right-hand side.
PLease comment if you see a problem with this idea.
3. With the seat all the way back and the rudder pedals as close to the firewall as the 3" minimum dimension specified on the left side view in Dwg. 37 will I have room to wear a parachute for aerobatics?
Thanks,
Larry
RV-6A N544WB (purchased flying)
Rv-7 empennage & wings complete, beginning QB fuselage