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0. 12:16 AM - PLEASE READ - Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! (Matt Dralle)
1. 04:54 AM - Seat Foam Size (Bill Pagan)
2. 07:11 AM - Re: Seat Foam Size (LarryMcFarland)
3. 11:22 AM - Chat Reminder (George Race)
4. 11:55 AM - Re: Seat Foam Size (Ken)
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| Subject: | PLEASE READ - Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! |
Dear Listers,
Each November I hold a PBS-like fund raiser to support the continued operation and upgrade of the List services at Matronics. It's solely through the Contributions of List members that these Matronics Lists are possible. There is NO advertising to support the Lists. You might have noticed the conspicuous lack of flashing banners and annoying pop-ups on the Matronics Email List email messages and web site pages such as the Matronics List Forums ( http://forums.matronics.com ), the List Wiki ( http://wiki.matronics.com), or other related pages such as the List Search Engine ( http://www.matronics.com/search ), the List Browser ( http://www.matronics.com/listbrowse ), etc. This is because I believe in a List experience that is completely about the sport we all enjoy - namely Airplanes and not about annoying advertisements.
During the month of November I will be sending out List messages every couple of
days reminding everyone that the Fund Raiser is underway. I ask for your patience
and understanding during the Fund Raiser and throughout these regular messages.
The Fund Raiser is only financial support mechanism I have to pay all
of the bills associated with running these lists. Your personal Contribution
counts!
Once again, this year I've got a terrific line up of free gifts to go along with
the various Contribution levels. Most all of these gifts have been provided
by some of the vary members and vendors that you'll find on Matronics Lists and
have been either donated or provided at substantially discounted rates.
This year, these generous people include Bob Nuckolls of the AeroElectric Connection (http://www.aeroelectric.com/), Andy Gold of the Builder's Bookstore (http://www.buildersbooks.com/), and Jon Croke of HomebuiltHELP (http://www.homebuilthelp.com/).
These are extremely generous guys and I encourage you to visit their respective
web sites. Each one offers a unique and very useful aviation-related product
line. I would like publicly to thank Bob, Andy, and Jon for their generous support
of the Lists again this year!!
You can make your List Contribution using any one of three secure methods this
year including using a credit card, PayPal, or by personal check. All three methods
afford you the opportunity to select one of this year's free gifts with
a qualifying Contribution amount!!
To make your Contribution, please visit the secure site below:
http://www.matronics.com/contribution
I would like to thank everyone in advance for their generous financial AND moral
support over the years!
Matt Dralle
Matronics Email List Administrator
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Hey All,
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I see that seat foam seems to come in a standard size (I know I can order a
ny size from some distributors) of 16" x 18".- Have you all found this to
be adequate depth/width for the seats in the XL?
Bill Pagan
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| Subject: | Re: Seat Foam Size |
Hi Bill,
Making seats from foam requires you select density for support. A medium
density foam from a fabric shop usually works. As far as size, foam
usually needs
to be cut from several pieces to get the sculptured support you're
after. To find out how thick the piece needs to be under your bottom,
take a steel rod and
lay it across the foam thickness you think you may need, sit on it and
measure the change of distance of the rod to the seat pan. Usually an
inch to an inch and a half of give is
about right. Use 3M formula 77 adhesive to glue pieces needed to build
the seat and use an electric carving knife to cut the foam. Seats are
easily made as separate bottom
and back and lend themselves better to changes you may want later.
See a page link from my site that shows the progression from sample seat
support to the completed item.
www.macsmachine.com/html/seatupholstery.htm
Commercial foams are not usually fire resistant, but they don't burn
that easy either. I wasn't concerned as my header tank would probably
make the fire issue a moot point anyway.
Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
Bill Pagan wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I see that seat foam seems to come in a standard size (I know I can
> order any size from some distributors) of 16" x 18". Have you all
> found this to be adequate depth/width for the seats in the XL?
>
>
> Bill Pagan
>
>
> *
>
> *
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Live Chat Room every Monday evening around 8:00 EDT
www.mykitairplane.com <http://www.mykitairplane.com/>
Click on the Chat Room link at the top of the page.
George
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| Subject: | Re: Seat Foam Size |
http://www.foambymail.com/
will sell you any dimension and thickness you desire in any of the three levels
of firmness they offer. They also had the best prices of anyone I found. I
used 1 inch layers starting with the most firm and went with softer layers on
top.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=270488#270488
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