How to construct a pilot seat
In this document, I’ll describe how to construct a pilot seat on a very easy way.
This is what we need to build a pilot seat:
• Two pieces of wood 120mm x 60mm x 8mm
• Two pieces of wood 120mm x 60mm x 18mm
• Two pieces of wood 40mm x 40mm x 200mm
For the base of the seat we use the wood of 18mm thickness.
Cut out these parts to create the base of the seat:
Make a few holes on the side.
Now add some glue.
And screw the two parts together.
Now you can do the same with the other side of the base.
If this is done, you can screw all parts together to form the base of your seat.
Now we can start with the second part of the seat.
This is what we need:
We can proceed as we did for the base of the seat and this is the result.
If all parts were fit together well, then the top part can slide over the base of the seat.
Now we can make two holes in the top part of our seat.
I made two 8mm holes on each side because I use 8mm bolts to construct the seat.
On the base, we also make two holes on each side.
The height where we make these holes depends a little bit on the height of the pilot ;-)
In my case, I used these measurements:
If we now attach both parts with the bolts, we get this result:
The total height of the seat is now 34 cm.
As I will attach 4 wheels on the bottom of the seat, the total height will be 38 cm.
We can now start with the back of the seat.
Therefore I used the wood with thickness of 8mm. Make this part two times.
At the back, we attach two pieces of wood that connect the back of the seat to our base.
Now we can attach the second part.
Now that everything is put together, this is the final result.