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yakjock(at)gmail.com
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 Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: CJ Headroom - |
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In response to Mark, both head room and leg room can be a problem depending on how one's body is configured. The Malcom Hood canopy does great things for the pilot's headroom; it looks like Barry's pedal mod will help out with the leg room considerably.
Just being able to lift the seat a bit or extend one's legs a few inches makes a huge difference on those 3.5 hour XC runs.
For the long trips I have also installed a biker style foot bar on the forward bulkhead. That makes it much more comfortable than resting my feet on the center of the pedal beam.
With an auto pilot, built in O2 and 74 gallons feeding the M14 with 3 bladed MT I can go high, long and comfortable coming over to visit with y'all. Of course John Cox in the back at 6'4" and growing has a different perspective on "long and comfortable". We're working on that.
What I would like to see is a canopy mod that would change out the entire CJ canopy by making it higher and a bit wider. Not quite the room of a T6 but along those lines. The current canopy looks small for the plane; the Malcom looks fine but is generally limited to the front seat. If a group of guys wanted to pool resources to redesign the whole canopy and solve this height issue I'd participate.
Batman
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mark.bitterlich(at)navy.m
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: CJ Headroom - |
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That's a really great idea.
Mark Bitterlich
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