Front Seat Adjustment

[mooneytech]

I've been told that is possible on some Mooneys to adjust the front seat so that there is interference between the seat and the controls. Can anyone confirm this?

[Hank]

I have a hard time getting the seat close enough to buckle the seatbelt around the yoke per my Owner's Manual, much less interfere.

[flight2000]

Are you talking about when you're sitting in the seat?  If you are not long in the legs and have a hard time reaching the rudder pedals, yes the seat (more like your legs) will interfer with the controls if pulled all the way forward.  Mooney makes ruder pedal extensions to help solve this problem though.  Otherwise, it's not a problem.

Brian

[carusoam]

I don't believe the seat will get in the way, but your chest might at the extreme limits of up elevator. 

The seat is removed (in most pre-J) mooneys by sliding it forward until the front of the seat support slides off the rails.  So the seat can move very far forwards, but this would not be a normal flight regime issue.  Rail stops prevent this from occuring in flight.

As Brian mentioned above short legs and Barrel chest may consder using pedal extension to alleviate control horns /  chest interference issues......

What was your concern?

Best regards,

-a-