Height of Avipro rear seat

rodsmith

rodsmith

Well-known member
While sitting in the rear seat taking measurements for the harnesses I ordered, I realized I had virtually no headroom and I'm not that tall, I'm afraid the seats I built are too high off the floor. Could someone with the Avipro bench seat measure from the floor to the center of the T14 cross tubes at the front and back of the seat bench.
 
Hi Rod. I can not help you with measrement now. But I can say that first rear seats from factory left little headroom. After dozen kits or so we realized this and lowered seats couple inches. Mark
 
I'm afraid that is what I need to do. Wish I had asked this question before building them instead of scaling off a diagram that said not to scale.
 
I have a Avipro kit Patrol. For the rear seat, the top of the front cross tube 9 1/2" above the floor. The top of the rear tube is 4 1/2" above the floor.

John Ciolino
 
Hey Rod... I built my seat and I put it on the floor of the shop to take the measurements. The front tube measures 7 1/2 inches and the back tube 4 1/8th inches off the floor.

Paul 20180730_185845.jpg20180730_185916.jpg20180730_185809.jpg
 
alaskabearhawk said:
Hey Rod... I built my seat and I put it on the floor of the shop to take the measurements. The front tube measures 7 1/2 inches and the back tube 4 1/8th inches off the floor.

Thanks Paul, thats about 1/2 shorter than mine. Still would like to know the height of the newer Avipro bench seat, I know I need to shorten mine, but too short isn't good either.
Click to expand...
 
Where do you get the plans for the rear seat. I ordered the plans for the front seats but I don’t see any for the rear seat?
 
Cameron Ramsey said:
Where do you get the plans for the rear seat. I ordered the plans for the front seats but I don’t see any for the rear seat?
Click to expand...

No plans available, there was a couple diagrams of it in the July 2001 newsletter, with some dimensions given, but not the height of the legs, also said not to scale.
 
I'm still hoping someone can get me the height dimensions for the Bearhawk rear bench seat from someone with an Avipro kit. Could be measured either installed or sitting on the floor. Looking for the height of the front and rear cross tubes.
 
I don't know if this helps but I did copy some details from Rob Taylor's rear seat when I made mine. He has a quick build kit. Next time I'm at his son's shop I'll try to get some measurements.
 
Last edited:
Rod I don,t have a kit#, I scratch built the wings then bought a basic fuselage. The quality and time savings for me was so great I went ahead and purchased everything else. The seats are 1.5 - 2 years old. The measurement is from setting on the table to center of tubes.
 
Thanks again Charles, Mark had said the earliest seats they made were taller. Mine are about a 1/2 taller so I guess there just isn't a lot of headroom in the backseat. Will probably go with less foam thickness in the rear seats.
 
Re-igniting a very old thread (since I have a very old kit): I did a fit check of my "not so tall" self (5'-8") in the rear seat of my 4-place and my head is crashing into the diagonal tubes over the rear seating area. This is with a 1/2 thick sheet of OSB laid across the tubes where the bottom cushions would eventually go.
Here are the particulars of my situation:
Fuselage SN: 25 (built in 2006, 4-Place A model)
Seat tube measurements above floor: 10.25" (Front), 6.75" (Rear)

I think I have the "Tall" rear seat mentioned by Mark (above), from before 2018.
I'm considering:
1. Use the existing frame. Use a minimal foam thickness, and maybe I can do some sort of "bucket seat" arrangement with fabric slings instead of a flat surface to get foam (and passenger bottoms) below the plane formed by the seat frame tubes.
2. Modify the frame (doesn't seem real practical)
3. New frame from Virgil (not sure if attachment points would at all match my ancient fuselage)

Has anyone here used the "tall" rear seat frame to accommodate reasonably-sized adults comfortably?rear seat.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top