K8 Seats

Hi Mike... so, that 5hr flight ended at 2hrs, eh? I'm afraid our K8
was designed to accomodate a parachute cushion. You might check with
Stephen Nesser - when he was serious about K8 xc he made up some
cusions from "memory foam" high tech material. He may have some other
suggestions about how to relieve the torture.

Sarah Anderson


Mike Schumann wrote:
Our club has a K8 with extremely uncomfortable seating arraignments.
Basically we are using a combination of foam pieces and misc cushions to try
to make the glider usable. After about 2 hours, it is pure torture.

My flighted ended at 3.9 hrs. While it was torture, the lift ended.
Otherwise I would have finished.

Mike Schumann

"Sarah" wrote in message
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Hi Mike... so, that 5hr flight ended at 2hrs, eh? I'm afraid our K8
was designed to accomodate a parachute cushion. You might check with
Stephen Nesser - when he was serious about K8 xc he made up some
cusions from "memory foam" high tech material. He may have some other
suggestions about how to relieve the torture.

Sarah Anderson


Mike Schumann wrote:
Our club has a K8 with extremely uncomfortable seating arraignments.
Basically we are using a combination of foam pieces and misc cushions to
try
to make the glider usable. After about 2 hours, it is pure torture.

I did 3hrs in the front of a K-7, that was torture. I came down from cloud
base just to get out. Being 6'1" it was a little cramped. Ended up doing my
5hrs in a K-18.
"Mike Schumann" wrote in message
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My flighted ended at 3.9 hrs. While it was torture, the lift ended.
Otherwise I would have finished.

Mike Schumann

"Sarah" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi Mike... so, that 5hr flight ended at 2hrs, eh? I'm afraid our K8
was designed to accomodate a parachute cushion. You might check with
Stephen Nesser - when he was serious about K8 xc he made up some
cusions from "memory foam" high tech material. He may have some other
suggestions about how to relieve the torture.

Sarah Anderson


Mike Schumann wrote:
Our club has a K8 with extremely uncomfortable seating arraignments.
Basically we are using a combination of foam pieces and misc cushions to
try
to make the glider usable. After about 2 hours, it is pure torture.

Last Saturday I flew 6.5 hours in my Ka-8. It is fitted with a one-piece
seat, nicely curved like a racing car chair, to include both the seat
and the back.

I flew with a parachute and I was still able to walk after the flight.
Next weekend i will try to make some pictures of the chair.

I would love to see a picture of your seat.

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
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Last Saturday I flew 6.5 hours in my Ka-8. It is fitted with a one-piece
seat, nicely curved like a racing car chair, to include both the seat and
the back.

I flew with a parachute and I was still able to walk after the flight.
Next weekend i will try to make some pictures of the chair.

Here are the promised pictures:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6264/dsc001949ux.jpg
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/7543/dsc001952vl.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/6972/dsc001967pv.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1936/dsc001976me.jpg

Sebastiaan


Mike Schumann wrote:
I would love to see a picture of your seat.

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
l...
Last Saturday I flew 6.5 hours in my Ka-8. It is fitted with a one-piece
seat, nicely curved like a racing car chair, to include both the seat and
the back.

I flew with a parachute and I was still able to walk after the flight.
Next weekend i will try to make some pictures of the chair.

Nice looking glider!

Can you give me some additional feedback on how you sit in this seat? Do
you fly this with or without a parachute? When you sit in this seat, is
your but in front of the hump or on top?

How long can you fly before you start feeling uncomfortable?

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
...
Here are the promised pictures:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6264/dsc001949ux.jpg
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/7543/dsc001952vl.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/6972/dsc001967pv.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1936/dsc001976me.jpg

Sebastiaan


Mike Schumann wrote:
I would love to see a picture of your seat.

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
l...
Last Saturday I flew 6.5 hours in my Ka-8. It is fitted with a one-piece
seat, nicely curved like a racing car chair, to include both the seat
and the back.

I flew with a parachute and I was still able to walk after the flight.
Next weekend i will try to make some pictures of the chair.

Hi Mike,

I have flown only with parachute, I sit in front of the hump and the
parachute rests on it. It is quite comfortable, but the support for the
lower back is not optimal/fails. Therefore after a couple of hours your
lower back starts hurting (at least in my case)

Sebastiaan


Mike Schumann wrote:
Nice looking glider!

Can you give me some additional feedback on how you sit in this seat? Do
you fly this with or without a parachute? When you sit in this seat, is
your but in front of the hump or on top?

How long can you fly before you start feeling uncomfortable?

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
...
Here are the promised pictures:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6264/dsc001949ux.jpg
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/7543/dsc001952vl.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/6972/dsc001967pv.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1936/dsc001976me.jpg

Sebastiaan


Mike Schumann wrote:
I would love to see a picture of your seat.

Thanks,
Mike Schumann

"Sebastiaan" wrote in message
l...
Last Saturday I flew 6.5 hours in my Ka-8. It is fitted with a one-piece
seat, nicely curved like a racing car chair, to include both the seat
and the back.

I flew with a parachute and I was still able to walk after the flight.
Next weekend i will try to make some pictures of the chair.