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Title: New Seats
Post by: sbrazil on Sunday,March 14, 2021, 12:18:09 AM

I have seriously considered making new seats out of graphite since fabricating composite aircraft parts is what I used to do for a living but I don't have any drawings of the seat frame or know where I could find them.  Are there any sources available?

Title: Re: New Seats
Post by: Grumblebuns on Sunday,March 14, 2021, 06:20:31 AM

If you're willing to take measurements of actual seats, I have a pair of Kirkey aluminum seats you can use for reference.. I'm down in the north San Diego county area which is a two hour drive from Palmdale

Joji Tokumoto
Fallbrook, Ca

Title: Re: New Seats
Post by: gideon on Sunday,March 14, 2021, 08:13:29 AM

Drawings are available on the groups.io site

https://groups.io/g/LotusEuropa/filessearch?o=0&q=seat+frame

If you don't have access then join the email group!

Title: Re: New Seats
Post by: sbrazil on Monday,March 15, 2021, 12:45:36 AM

I tried to get the drawing out of "groups" but was not successful.  Is there a three view drawing that is a PDF? 

Title: Re: New Seats
Post by: gideon on Monday,March 15, 2021, 06:37:37 AM

It's a 3DM file from Rhino.  I think you need to create an account on groups.io and then apply for membership of the Lotus Europa group.  I don't recall this being difficult, but you may have to wait for your membership to be approved.  It is definitely worth the trouble, as there is a lot of useful information available once you have access.