Seat sling failure.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:52 pm
by rbarber
I had a seat sling failure at about 1190 hours. Apparently the cause was one of the following:
- I am getting fatter. Comes with getting older I suppose.
- too many bad landings.
- Bad flying practices. As most of you know, I fly like a jackass.
The seat was of the “lowered” variety, so it only dropped about 1/4". Just enough to test the sphincter.
The repair was to splice with another piece 0.025", using 3 rows of rivets on the bottom, and 4 on the back (extra row for the hinge) . Seems legit enough.
Seat sling failure.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:55 pm
by rbarber
I had a seat sling failure at about 1190 hours. Apparently the cause was one of the following:
- I am getting fatter. Comes with getting older I suppose.
- too many bad landings.
- Bad flying practices. As most of you know, I fly like a jackass.
The seat was of the “lowered” variety, so it only dropped about 1/4". Just enough to test the sphincter.
The repair was to splice with another piece 0.025", using 3 rows of rivets on the bottom, and 4 on the back (extra row for the hinge) . Seems legit enough.
Robert E Barber
N157SX (Sexy Hexy)
1200 hours
Gen 4 Jabiru 3300.