BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 08:06

Recent redo for a Cessna 182. Owner already had the gray hides. He selected the 2 tone, saddle color hide. Nice improvement to a dated interior.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 08:20

It looks like someone made the headrests actually usable. Stock ones sit so far back that it hurts my neck to use them. What year 182 was this?

Jg

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:08

Good observation. I reformed them and made a pattern of 6 individually sewn pieces, ensuring all was aligned with the seat back. It helps being a pilot when doing this kind of work. Foam is from aero flex with varying densities.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:14

Nice seats
As to the year question, can you make the old straight tail seats into the later adjustable ones? And be legal?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:14

Nice. Wanna do another one?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:15

Head rests

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:18

Starting point

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:32

Any design is possible. All is 100% legal. ONLY use material that come with FAA certs of conformance. Always recommend that these certs stay with the airframe book.

Kinda of a hobby bsns for me-retired military and a parachute rigger-lots of time behind a sewing machine.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 10:35

Seats are fm a 1973 C182P. Liked the way the rear seat folded flat-very useful

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 12:25

Good timing
My buddy is restoring his seats. I dig the back seat construction on yours.
MC :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 21:36

Howard,
What is the brown material I see in the picture around the frame of each seat? Is it like a cotton with a hardened glue and used to fasten the foam too ?

I have the same seats in my C182 and looking for exactly the same refurb. unfortunately I'm too far away from you to give you another project.

Paul

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 May 2020, 23:33

Username Protected wrote:

Howard,
What is the brown material I see in the picture around the frame of each seat? Is it like a cotton with a hardened glue and used to fasten the foam too ?

I have the same seats in my C182 and looking for exactly the same refurb. unfortunately I'm too far away from you to give you another project.

Paul

Try sportaircraftseats.com . It can be a DIY project and come out looking very nice.

Rod

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 May 2020, 02:16

Howard: I am interested in doing the seats in my 180, if that is s project you would be interested in doing. Where are you located?

Tom

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 May 2020, 07:54

Thank you Rod,
Answered my question perfectly.

Paul

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 May 2020, 07:14

Sorry Paul was off the net a bit, some flight came up on my corporate flying gig. Material on the seat bottoms is leather used to attach onto the frame.

C182 Seats