From: lschuler@cellular.uscc.com Date: Thu, 04 Sep 97 16:39:26 -0600 Subject: COZY: Seats and supports I am only on chapter 9, but looking ahead to the time when I need to start climbing into the tub to do some work such as installing the center spar. Someone noted it's a bad idea to put weight in the tub without the supports provided by the seat ribs etc. Makes good sense to me. Besides, once they are in, I can sit in the tub and make airplane sounds and while doing that, figure out the best placement for the rudder pedals (I'm 6'3"). Question for those that have gotten that far: I'd like to install the seat ribs now (both front and back) and make up the other thigh supports and rear seat back a bit oversized to be trimmed later (no armrests etc yet). I'd like to know if this is a bad idea or what to watch out for at this point based on later chapters. All comments welcome. Larry Schuler #500 lschuler@cellular.uscc.com by m12.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id VbT21022; Thu, 04 Sep 1997 21:38:24 EDT Subject: Re: COZY: Seats and supports From: cozybldr@juno.com (Paul T Stowitts) Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 21:38:24 EDT On Thu, 04 Sep 97 16:39:26 -0600 lschuler@cellular.uscc.com writes: > > I am only on chapter 9, but looking ahead to the time when I need to > start climbing into the tub to do some work such as installing the > center spar. Someone noted it's a bad idea to put weight in the tub without > the supports provided by the seat ribs etc. Makes good sense to me. > Besides, once they are in, I can sit in the tub and make airplane sounds and > while doing that, figure out the best placement for the rudder pedals (I'm 6'3"). > > Question for those that have gotten that far: I'd like to install the > seat ribs now (both front and back) and make up the other thigh > supports and rear seat back a bit oversized to be trimmed later (no > armrests etc yet). I'd like to know if this is a bad idea or what to > watch out for at this point based on later chapters. > > All comments welcome. > > Larry Schuler #500 > lschuler@cellular.uscc.com > > > I put the front seat supports in but held off on the back seats. There's a lot of work to do in the back and I felt it would be easier to move around back there without the supports. I have not had any problems in terms of strength of the floor. Paul Stowitts Cozy Mark IV #200 Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 09:47:37 +0200 From: Rego Burger Subject: COZY: Seats and supports -Reply There was an occasion where I had to do something inside as well, I just placed the "horse" directly under this area for support with a wide board and some carpeting for a soft pressure. On the inside I placed a few large pieces of foam to absorb the weight, I'm heavy! P.S. no stiletto's :-) Rego Burger CZ4#139 RSA From: Marc J. Zeitlin Subject: COZY: Seats and supports (fwd) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 97 9:14:22 EDT Larry Schuler wrote: > Question for those that have gotten that far: I'd like to install the > seat ribs now (both front and back) and make up the other thigh > supports and rear seat back a bit oversized to be trimmed later (no > armrests etc yet). I'd like to know if this is a bad idea or what to > watch out for at this point based on later chapters. No problem, as far as I can see. The seat supports have not gotten in the way of anything I had to do. I can't see any drawback to doing it as early as you'd like. The rear seats can be easily removed by pulling the hinge pins, so it's only the supports themselves that MIGHT get in the way, but they don't seem to. At 150 lbs, I wasn't worried about structural strength while clambering around inside, but at 230 lbs, I might be worried about glass delaminations without the supports in place. -- Marc J. Zeitlin Email: marcz@an.hp.com