Are your Legs too long?

[sigmatau]

Can't move the seat back far enough?  I can provide an engineering order & 8110-3 to add seat track holes and approve it for your aircraft (see attachment).

 

Jim

mooney@faader.us

 

00-1500-08-01 DWG Mooney Seat Rail-Sheet 1.pdf

[N201MKTurbo]

Is an IA actually going to count holes?

 

If the hanger fairies drilled a few?

 

Just saying...

[DrBill]

I have a 34 in inseam and with the seat all the way back I cannot reach the pedals. I think someone has to have a 40 in inseam to require more legroom!.

Bill

[aviatoreb]

I might actually do this - I have a 36'' inseam.  I fly with the seat in the farthest back hole...but I wish it was a tad further.  I have tried flying with the seat all the way back touching the back seat, past all the holes - I can fly that way ok, but it is a bit too far.  One more hole would be just right.

[carusoam]

Welcome aboard Jim,

Feel free to introduce yourself.

Some people may be interested in a fully documented solution like you are proposing. They would need more information on how to get the proper details and what the proper details are.

I'm think of trading in my 32” legs for some of the longer ones...

Best regards,

-a-

[jetdriven]

32" inseam and I use the seventh hole a lot. You don't have to have your feet on the rudder pedals on a six hour XC.

[aviatoreb]

32" inseam and I use the seventh hole a lot. You don't have to have your feet on the rudder pedals on a six hour XC.

 

True - and that's when I also will sometimes put my seat all the way back past the holes.

Also, I usually fly with no shoes on - I take them off and put them behind me.  With no shoes it is easier for me to put my feet between the pedals deeper into the footwell when I am stretching out to be comfortable in cruise.  (Separately I feel like I land better since I have better tactile feel of the forces on the pedals).

[Marauder]

I might actually do this - I have a 36'' inseam. I fly with the seat in the farthest back hole...but I wish it was a tad further. I have tried flying with the seat all the way back touching the back seat, past all the holes - I can fly that way ok, but it is a bit too far. One more hole would be just right.

Are you sure you don't have rudder extensions installed? I am 6'4" with a 34" inseam. If I put the seat in the furthest back holes, I can't even reach the pedals if I pointed my toes forward.

I wonder if these rails are different in the generations of our planes?

[bonal]

I'm only a 32 and with my seat in the back hole it's at least 8 or 9 inches to the pedals. When in cruise we put the seats back to pick up a little speed.

[aviatoreb]

Are you sure you don't have rudder extensions installed? I am 6'4" with a 34" inseam. If I put the seat in the furthest back holes, I can't even reach the pedals if I pointed my toes forward.

I wonder if these rails are different in the generations of our planes?

 

OMG - I don't think so but now you have me second guessing myself - I think I would just about die from blushing in embarrassment if I do....how silly would that make me feel!  I don't think so but second guessing myself.... I will check and get back to you on that.

[Marauder]

OMG - I don't think so but now you have me second guessing myself - I think I would just about die from blushing in embarrassment if I do....how silly would that make me feel! I don't think so but second guessing myself.... I will check and get back to you on that.

Too funny! Leg room was never an issue for me. In fact when I realized how far back the seats went, I was worried if I didn't properly secure it, I would have done one of those Cessna chair rides that I believe an AD came out on.

[KSMooniac]

I'm a 34" inseam as well and can't reach the pedals with the seat all the way back.  I usually put it all the way back in cruise if I don't have a back seat pax.

[aviatoreb]

:-)  Ok folks - I can hold my head high - I don't need to be embarrassed.  I just have very long legs.

 

My airplane is this week at Weber Aircraft and I actually contacted them to ask them if I happen to have pedal extensions installed.  Nope I do not - and that is definitive.

 

So I just have long legs.  I have no worries of the seat slipping back since I have flown, landed, taken off and so forth the airplane that way no problem, although not quite as comfortably as at hole one...but I wish I had one more hole.

[fantom]

So, what's wrong with long legs?

 

[Marauder]

So, what's wrong with log legs?

Not a thing!

[aviatoreb]

So, what's wrong with log legs?

 

 

She looks better than I do.

[N7186V]

32" inseam and I use the seventh hole a lot. You don't have to have your feet on the rudder pedals on a six hour XC.

I just flew a short 2 hour XC yesterday and I'm kicking myself for not thinking about kicking back with my 32" inseams. I am contemplating the extension pedals so my much shorter girlfriend can reach the pedals when she finishes her private.

[RobertGary1]

At 6'4" there is no way I could reach the peddles in my F with the seat all the way back.

[Piloto]

M20C, M20D and M20E models have about 6 inches less room than later models. Be careful that extending the seat all the way back up to the rear seat can derail the seat from it's track.

 

José 

[ArtVandelay]

M20C, M20D and M20E models have about 6 inches less room than later models. Be careful that extending the seat all the way back up to the rear seat can derail the seat from it's track.

 

José 

On my J I have seat stops to prevent this (i.e. cotter pins).

[Hank]

M20C, M20D and M20E models have about 6 inches less room than later models. Be careful that extending the seat all the way back up to the rear seat can derail the seat from it's track.

 

José

My C also has stops on the rails. Both seats, both rails.

[manoflamancha]

Funny I have the exact opposite problem! In the M20F that I fly I have to use rudder extension pedals otherwise the yoke winds up in my chest and I'm way too close to the panel. At 5'6" it helps to fly in comfort. Fortunately a fairly cheap fix. At least a Mooney comes with dual yokes unlike most Bonanzas that I've flown.

[RobertGary1]

Funny I have the exact opposite problem! In the M20F that I fly I have to use rudder extension pedals otherwise the yoke winds up in my chest and I'm way too close to the panel. At 5'6" it helps to fly in comfort. Fortunately a fairly cheap fix. At least a Mooney comes with dual yokes unlike most Bonanzas that I've flown.

 

Where do you rent an M20F near Sacramento?

 

-Robert