I THINK the part number for the whole seat is 04140009-15, may be 0414009-16, the parts catalogue I have lists both numbers for RH with no part number for LH seat... Anyway, Airframes to which this seat was fitted seem to be: A1500001 thru A15000276 FA150001 thru FA1500176 All help, pointers etc gratefully received. A
For now, I've found a couple of seats in Germany that MAY fit, from a chap who's parting out a 150. Airframe number is outside desired range, but looking at the seat pan and track part numbers these seats SHOULD fit... I only need the right hand seat, but as he's selling a pair... I may have a left hand seat for sale :-) A
Do not limit yourself, expand your search options. The standard seat for a Cessna 150 that is the same year as yours is IDENTICAL exceot for the upholstery trim, which was nothing more than removable cushions for parachute use. Other 150 model years may have same seat as well. My 1973 Aerobat seats were junk, welded up hacked frames, and I found a set from a 76 150 that had good frames but rotten coverings. I had them torn down and re-upholstered in the Aerobat configuration by TN Wings. Expensive, but I essentially got brand new seats.
Another point- There were only 734 Aerobats made in the USA, so finding a complete set of Aerobat seats ready to install would be almost impossible for a plane out of production for nearly 40 years. Even fewer French Reims Cessna's were built. Even if you had your original seat frames, the method of how they attached the coverings would almost require stripping it all off should you have the frames re-welded/repaired. When I had the custom seats made, I OMITTED the seat bottom removability feature, and instead had it fixed like any normal C150 seat. Hardly anyone uses seat pack parachutes unless you have a military warbird, so the removable back was required. Doing that save a bit on upholstery costs.
Crumbs - so few Aerobats, and the 150s are really nice
The seats I have coming are from a C150L - A US built 150 and not an Aerobat.
The seats in the 1974 FRA150L I shared had seats with custom leather seats without any removable cushioning, and they had no recline mechanism.
Among the mountain of documentation that came with OZ is a letter from the CAA saying parachutes aren't required to do aeros in the UK...
Anyway, the seats are on their way. I'll post when we've (failed to) fit them.
Thinking about it, perhaps Aerobat seats might have been strengthened to have a higher "G" limit, but the part numbers seem to indicate this is not so...
Perhaps I should get a "less weighty" instructor" :-)
Sadly the seats I bought don't fit. The distance between the seat runners is different... Let me know if anyone wants to buy a couple of C150L seats - believed to be from Riems 150L S/N F1501084 (I-NOLT)- they'll be cheap as they're no use to me, although shipping cost outside Europe may be prohibitive...
Unusual. There is NO difference between a Cessna 150L and a Cessna A150L, they have same seat except for the removable cushion upholstery. Are you sure the seller got them off an "L" model? I don't see why the French built 150's would use a different seat config.
I bought the seats from an aircraft "breaker" so it's always possible the seats are not from a 150L. I can only tell you what he told me: seats come from a Riems 150L. I asked for the serial number and he gave me F1501084 but said it may have been F1591084; F1591084 seems very unlikely.
If F1501084 is correct then it was manufactured in 1974, and according to the parts diagrams the seat is a different design to that in OZ. Indeed, there seem to have been at least 3 seat designs for Aerobats, and even more for standard 150s. As you say, seats for French manufactured aircraft are the same as those for US built Cessnas.
I would have no problem with a different design so long as it fitted; it's the distance between seat runners that came as an unwelcome surprise.
I will check the seat runner measurements against a FRA150L built in 1974 which has a different seat design to that on OZ.
