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blaswichk

Deluxe seat cover

Post by blaswichk »

Hey Gary,
I was cruising the photo's, and I noticed the very nice seat covers on picture 'ody3'. Are they leather or vinyl look-like-leather. Sure look nice, and my cloth one is showing wear after 325 hours and 10 years. Time to upgrade after my other projects. I saw another Gull with carpeting inside, and I wonder if that suppresses a lit bit of noise.

kb
cossitt.alan

Re: Deluxe seat cover

Post by cossitt.alan »

I'm having a custom front seat covering/pad
made by a company called Oregon Aero.
When it is done I'll share my experience.

The seat is designed to work with the standard fiberglass seat
for the JT2. It will consist of a set of pads
and a fabric covering.

I'm also reinforcing the existing fiberglass
seat with Kevlar to make the seat more
likely to survive a crash.

-Alan Cossitt

>From my iPhone. Please excuse typos and terseness.
blaswichk

Re: Deluxe seat cover

Post by blaswichk »

I know them, I bought a mike muff from them a couple of years ago, and talked to them again this last Arlington Fly-in, and about covering mine. I don't remember what the price would be, as the biggest obstacle was not having a seat for a couple of weeks, and keeping me grounded, and since it was in the middle of summer, I conveniently forgot about those days, (weeks?), and right now I could be real interested.
Keep us informed, and Kevlar? Do keep us informed.

kb
earthstaraircraft

Re: Deluxe seat cover

Post by earthstaraircraft »

In a message dated 3/13/2011 12:19:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kessb@wavecable.com writes:

Hey Gary,
I was cruising the photo's, and I noticed the very nice seat covers on
picture 'ody3'. Are they leather or vinyl look-like-leather. Sure look nice,
and my cloth one is showing wear after 325 hours and 10 years. Time to
upgrade after my other projects. I saw another Gull with carpeting inside, and I
wonder if that suppresses a lit bit of noise.

kb




Hi Kess
The seat covers are leather and they were costem made and i dont know were
from.
The carpet is boat carpet with out backing ind is light weight. it only
adds about 5 lb. the normal carpit adds at least twice that.
Happy Flying
Mark
gjcarter34

Re: Deluxe seat cover

Post by gjcarter34 »

Kess,

Yes, the seats are leather and they seem to still be in new condition.
On hot days I would perfer the cloth seats as the leather can get hot on the legs if you're wearing shorts.

Gary
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