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From: "Jeffrey Steenson" <steenson@flash.net>
To: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Il est ici
USA!Wayne,
It's always a more pleasant task going to Canada than returning to the
Don't worry guys/gals, he's refering to freight shipments. Took a month and
a half to get his engine off the border in Detroit (shipped Dec 10, Del NM
Jan 23), where as I just shipped two more cores from Florida and they were
in my hands in 5 days!!
Use a center punch to make a mark at the desired location or grind a veryI'm about to start assembling the seats and wonder if I could prevail on
your experience.
The SA-30 seat locking pins have not been drilled for the rings at the top
and the retaining pins at the bottom. Since this is such a small part, is
there any preferred way to dill these without the drill bit slipping off
center? These holes are so small (1/16?), I'm also afraid the bit won't
hold up in this material.
small flat before trying to drill, others may have some tricks they can
share!
theAnother question -- The manual tells me to locate the seat rails to suit
too.customer. I'm tall (6-4), but I'd like to remember the shorter pilots
8.Have you found a happy medium for locating these rails? I notice that the
MAM pictures I have on the CD show the aft end of the rails near Station
Newer kits like yours have longer rails than mine did. I set mine up so the
seat couldn't come off the track going forward (read you don't need to
bother with rail stops at the front end) before the seat unlock bar hit the
control column. I could never sit with the seat all the way back to fly and
I'm 5' 11" tall. Your rails are about 6" longer than mine so should be okay
where ever you put them. This extra allows the seat to go back further for
easier exit from the aircraft.
headAlso, I note that some builders have built up the back of the seats for
thesupport. Is this just a matter of welding an extra piece to the top of
This is MAM's optional high back seat. Maybe someone that has traded in canframe?
note if there is any different structure other than a higher triangle on top
and then you would know if you can just safely modify yours.
Could probably post this on the list, so please feel free to reply that
way.
Many thanks,
Jeffrey
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