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Ted French

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 54
Location: Kelowna BC Canada

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: Headroom in the RV-10

Today I taxied my 10 for the first time to do the compass swing. I found the

headroom was almost non-existant. Has this been a problem for anyone else,

and if so, what have you done to correct it. The only thing that comes to

mind is to cut the seat cushion down a bit to sit lower in the seat. That

obviously means less cushioning on the butt which may or may not be an issue

on a long trip.



Apart from that, I must say that the I0-540 with the MT prop is an awsome

combination for smoothness.



Ted French C-FXCS reserved

Taxiing

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Randy(at)abros.com
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: Headroom in the RV-10

I am 6'1" and I have plenty of headroom. The trick is to lay the seat

back about 2 notches.  That gets my head in the head relief. If I have

the seat strait up I hit my head as well.  Randy 



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AV8ORJWC

Joined: 13 Jul 2006
Posts: 1149
Location: Aurora, Oregon "Home of VANS"

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Headroom in the RV-10

Ted - totally baffled.  6'3" no problem, wearing hat as well and lots of

elbow room to boot.



John Cox

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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2879

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: Headroom in the RV-10

Almost 6'2", but I can see at least a couple of factors that may be in

play:



1) With the rudder pedals mounted in the forward position, if you're

tall torso'd with stubby little gnome legs, you may find yourself

sitting higher because of the angle of the seat rail ramp.  So

unless you're REALLY tall, you may actually find it beneficial to

move the rudder pedals back.  A strange recommendation, but it would

all depend on your build.



2) I find that when it's Wisconsin cold out, when I first sit down

my headset hits the top easily and it's tight.  But, once the

seats warm up (much helped if you eat chili beforehand), you'll

find you sink down a couple of inches.



3) As Randy said, you may want to tilt the seat back a couple notches.



Other than that, I can't possibly see the -10 being too tight for

most heights up to at least 6'2" and probably even 6'4" or maybe

more.



Tim

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

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John W. Cox wrote:

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 Ted - totally baffled.  6'3" no problem, wearing hat as well and lots of

 elbow room to boot.

 

 John Cox

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