Featured Blog Posts – January 2016 Archive (2)

750 Seat Upholstery Part 2

I later added a Velcro strap to hold headsets. Seat cushions are positioned in the seat pan with Velcro also.

As with all my fabrication, I had it Cat scanned to be sure there were no defects.…

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Added by JEFF COCHRAN on January 25, 2016 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

I have been flying for several years with just some Noral seat cushions from Aircraft Spruce. The 3” seat bottom was okay but the 2” back was always slipping between the back support bars. I ended up adding a stadium cushion and a lumbar pad without much better results. After reading several of the seat discussions on the forums, I decided to build my own upholstered seats. As usual, I studied the work of my hero, John Austin, and copied his and others’ seats. But in this…

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Added by JEFF COCHRAN on January 25, 2016 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

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