Fuselage

I made the front seat today. I had been very interested in the Jon Johansen seats, but the responsiveness of Flymore, his company, leads me to believe they are no longer interested to sell them. I begin to think I will go with the standard VANS seats.

I drilled a few extra holes in the angle, since in the spanwise direction it is way over engineered. It only saved a few grams though. You might just be able to see if you double click the picture.

At least now I can sit in and make aeroplane noises. Well, I didn't make the noises, but I did try it on for size, and was surprised how roomy it is in there. Perhaps I view it this way because I am used to glider (sailplane) cockpits. I am going to need a mountain of cushions to see out.

Here is another picture. As you see, I have put some small brackets in on the rear face of the second bulkhead. My idea is to insert plastic thimbles into these and use them for the main elements of the wiring loom.