Uh-oh! Reclining copilot and 2nd row seats

[N204jh]

Making good build progress and I’ve temporarily installed the front and 2nd row seats in my BH5. Built some temporary wood seats and piled the wife and a few grandkids in to pretend fly. Everything went well, until the wife asks, “how do I recline my seat when I want to take a nap, you know, like I did all the time in the 182?”

Jeez, hadn’t thought about that. Has anyone put different seats in their Bearhawk or modified the existing ones, so they recline? They are a very basic design that I can’t see how to modify them. Thanks!

[alaskabearhawk]

I have these pics from my decades of archived BH pics. I *think* Lynn Riggs made these fold-flat seats years ago.

Fold flat seats 1.jpg Fold flat seats 2.jpg Fold flat seats 3.jpg Fold flat seats 4.jpg Fold flat seats 5.jpg Fold flat seats 6.jpg Fold flat seats 7.jpg Fold flat seats 8.jpg

[N204jh]

Thanks, Paul!! Interesting design. I was also looking at other E-AB's that have reclining seats to see if I could adapt their design.