So by now you all know that Oregon Aero seriously dropped the ball on my "overpriced" seats. Well one thing that has sat in the back of my mind for about a year now is that, in my opinion, the recline for the pilot is just a little to much. I understand for tall guys this is important but I'm 5-9 and I'd like a little more of an upright position. WELL, Oregon Aero was suppose to solve this issue and didn't so in my pursuit of happiness here I was actually able to solve 2 problems with 1 fix. The ELT antenna is huge. It's GPS and 406 so either it hangs outside somewhere looking narly or I find somewhere that I can install it while still getting a good ground plain. SO I decided it would fit nicely between the passengers knees and be covered out of sight. This presented a challenge as the cables would have to be routed right through my seat and into my back. BINGO! I will reduce my recline by adding 3/4" to the seat back which in turn will house all of the ELT wires out of sight. Fabulous! So I made a 17"x17" piece of foam 3/4" thick and an extra strip on top, bonded them to the seat back, layed up 1 Ply of BID all over and BAM!..My seating position is now perfect and my ELT location and install is under way! More on that in another post
