The seat bolts to the two forward mast braces and is supported at the front by two pieces of angle stock. The bucket-type fiberglass seat and cover are far more comfortable and provides a greater feeling of security than the typical seat tank.
The restraint system consists of a lap belt and shoulder harness, both of which bolt to the frame. Nose that in the current version, the lap belt end fittings bolt to small plates as opposed to being positioned directly under the drag strut brackets, as shown here.
The Brock KB-2 control stick mounts to the keel and the walking-beam linkages run under the seat to the control yoke and rods.
The photo shows the original Harley twist-grip throttle on a pivot arm that mounts to a small block of 2 x 2 tube stock. This block also supports the engine kill switch (the toggle switch at the top of the block). The throttle arm rotates to adjust to the most comfortable position in flight and the throttle is equipped with a locking lever to hold the cruise throttle setting. A radio push-to-talk switch is mounted at the front of the throttle grip.
Note the very simple instrumentation for the first few flying seasons - a Hall Windmeter on the control stick for airspeed and a wrist-type altimeter, strapped to the keel.
This photo shows the present, single-lever throttle quadrant set-up. A camera for vertical aerial photography is mounted to the kill-switch block in this photo. The quadrant is mounted to the side of the seat using long bolts and 3/8 inch tubing spacers. AN970-4 washers are used both inside and outside of the seat shell to spread the loads from the base of the tubing spacers/
Ralph E. Taggart (
gyrobee@aol.com)