Matt Dralle's RV-8 Seat And Carpet Design (Part 1)
Here are a few pictures of the process I went though in the design of both the seats and carpet. The seats are 100% Temperfoam and leather. On the front seat, I started with Classic Aero standard seat, then added bits and pieces of foam until I had a layout that I found comfortable. I also utilized Classic Aero's head rest kit.
For the carpet patterens, I used a 12" ruler and a CAD program to lay them out. I printed out the pattern on a wide format plotter, carefully cut the pattern out, trial fit it, then made adjustments to the CAD, etc, etc. Once I had the pattern right, I emailed a PDF to Luke Doughton up at Classic Aero and he printed the pattern out and transferred it to the actual carpet.
Luke Doughton up at Classic Aero
http://www.classic.aero was super great to work with. As you can see from the pictures, their workmanship is top notch. I really appreciated the fact that they were so willing to work with me on the design. Basically, they charged me time and materials for all of the work above and beyond the standard seat package. Seemed very fair.
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
Finishing Up...