Seat Spacing
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:54 pm
There is some room here for personal preference, and
here is mine from a flying perspective.
Mine is the Rebel, but I think the Elite is similar in
this respect. If I remember correctly, the pilot seat
rail was moved to the inside by one inch to allow
clearance for the pushrod. In my case that was more
than sufficient, and 3/4 should be plenty. An extra
channel had to be added in the floor for support. On
the passenger side, the outside rail is right on the
corner wrap channel.
I prefer as much room as possible between the passenger
and pilot. It helps when you are both getting in and
trying to do up your seat belts without elbowing each
other. Yes, it is for the fat butts, too, but you don't
want to be rubbing shoulders either if you don't have
to. Of course, I guess it matters who you are with.
And, you can put things in between like float pumps,
etc. The Rebel/Elite have wide cabins, so why not take
advantage of that.
JMHO
Walter
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here is mine from a flying perspective.
Mine is the Rebel, but I think the Elite is similar in
this respect. If I remember correctly, the pilot seat
rail was moved to the inside by one inch to allow
clearance for the pushrod. In my case that was more
than sufficient, and 3/4 should be plenty. An extra
channel had to be added in the floor for support. On
the passenger side, the outside rail is right on the
corner wrap channel.
I prefer as much room as possible between the passenger
and pilot. It helps when you are both getting in and
trying to do up your seat belts without elbowing each
other. Yes, it is for the fat butts, too, but you don't
want to be rubbing shoulders either if you don't have
to. Of course, I guess it matters who you are with.
And, you can put things in between like float pumps,
etc. The Rebel/Elite have wide cabins, so why not take
advantage of that.
JMHO
Walter
-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com
[mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
Alan Hepburn
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 3:34 PM
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Subject: Seat Spacing
I wonder if anybody has the answer to this
question. The factory don't:
I am having a problem deciding the lateral
position of the seats on the
Elite (believed similar to the Rebel with
the new high backed seats). I
have two sets of instructions - the original
manual and the CD. Both
have written info. and diagrams. No two
agree! The CD text seems to
want you to put the edge of the rail on the
pilot's seat 3/4" from the
side rivet line, and leave 9" between the
centre seat rails, thus
putting the passenger seat over the right
corner wrap. It also puts the
pilot's seat very close to the aileron
pushrod. I can't see why I can't
just put the edges of the seat rails about
1/4" away from the edge of
the corner wrap. This pretty well agrees
with the original
instructions. However, this would only
leave 8" between the centre seat
rails. Is there something wide that has to
fit in there? Maybe the
float retract pump? Or your flight bag?! Or
maybe the thing was
designed for sombody with a real fat y'know what.
Regards,
Al Hepburn
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