{"id":3243,"date":"2016-05-07T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T05:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2016-05-07T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T05:27:02","slug":"is-your-seat-height-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"Is your seat height right?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Seat<\/a>Here’s a gadget for the pilot who has everything – almost. It’s a Seat Height Sight Level<\/a>, designed to enable you to adjust your eyeline to the correct level before flying.<\/p>\n

However, most LSA seats are generally not directly adjustable for height, so you’ll probably have to invest in a set of different thickness\u00a0cushions, which can be used in combination to lift or lower your backside until your eyes have it right.<\/p>\n

The gadget is placed on the top of the instrument panel before you start up; it\u00a0has a a spirit level (to make sure it’s level) and a couple of\u00a0brightly coloured ‘spheres’ so you can even see it clearly in dull weather. When the two ‘spheres’ line up – bingo! you’re at the right height. Don’t forget to put the sight level away before you start up and take-off or it might give you a nasty bump on the head (or elsewhere) if it falls off the dash when you start to taxi…<\/p>\n

Available from Sporty’s pilot supplies<\/a> for US$90 plus postage. Let me know if it works….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a gadget for the pilot who has everything – almost. It’s a Seat Height Sight Level, designed to enable you to adjust your eyeline to the correct level before flying. However, most LSA seats are generally not directly adjustable … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[873,930],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}