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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: RV-8 "Tall-man" Option... |
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Fellow Listers,
What exactly does the RV-8 "Tall-man" option entail? What modifications are made to the seat, weldment, etc? I'm not finding any mention of it on the plans. If you order the Tall-man option with the QB kit, can you opt for the "Regular-man" option at build time?
Knowing nothing about what it actually is, I assume it pushes the weldment back some allowing you to mount the pilot's seat further aft. While I am a "Tall-man", my preference would actually be to increase the pilot's seat back recline amount by moving the weldment back, but leaving the bottom of the seat in the normal position. Is this possible?
Does anyone have any detailed pictures of what the Tall-man option looks like and specifically how it differs from the Regular-man option?
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: RV-8 "Tall-man" Option... |
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hi Matt
The tallman option shifts the cross brace weldment back more so that the
seatback leans more. that's great if the 'tall' is in the top half of
your body. but in my case the 'tall' is in my legs, so i was still
rubbing my knees on the panel. To alleviate this I moved the bottom of
the seat back back in about the same amount as the top was moved back by
the tallman option, I did this by installing a second hinge on the
floorpanel. some pictures at
http://www.geocities.com/rv8abldr/frontseat.html
Gert
Matt Dralle wrote:
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Fellow Listers,
What exactly does the RV-8 "Tall-man" option entail? What modifications are made to the seat, weldment, etc? I'm not finding any mention of it on the plans. If you order the Tall-man option with the QB kit, can you opt for the "Regular-man" option at build time?
Knowing nothing about what it actually is, I assume it pushes the weldment back some allowing you to mount the pilot's seat further aft. While I am a "Tall-man", my preference would actually be to increase the pilot's seat back recline amount by moving the weldment back, but leaving the bottom of the seat in the normal position. Is this possible?
Does anyone have any detailed pictures of what the Tall-man option looks like and specifically how it differs from the Regular-man option?
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: RV-8 "Tall-man" Option... |
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Matt,
I think it only means an option that was available at the
begining.
A different way to build the rudder pedals whereby you pull a lanyard
between your legs, at the floor, and push or pull the spring loaded
pedals to suit the length of your legs. HTH
Larry Mac Donald
lm4(at)juno.com
Rochester N.Y.
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:54:03 -0700 Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com>
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Fellow Listers,
What exactly does the RV-8 "Tall-man" option entail? >
I assume it pushes the
weldment back some allowing you to mount the pilot's seat further
aft.
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880
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