New Cessna seat stop
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:04 pm
I had the new Cessna seat stop installed during the last annual. It was free for the pilots side, but I'll have to pay if I want it installed on the passenger side. I've decided that where I would really like it is the passenger side, as I've developed an ingrained habit of making sure my seat pin is in. Never the less after having flown with it for some hours I've decided that I like the new seat stop for a simple reason, it's always there and I can't forget it (sometimes I forget to set my old manual one) and I think by next annual I will probably have another one installed on the passenger side because it is most likely a passenger that will fail to get the locking pin in a hole.
I've noticed that some people have the misconception that the new stop is an inertial reel, it is not. It looks like one, but it doesn't incorporate an inertial mechanism. What it has instead of an inertial lock is a spring loaded lock. As the seat moves backwards the locking pin engages the next cog and locks, the seat will go back about a half an inch and hangs on the belt. There is a cable plunger that disengages the lock on the mechanism, that plunger cable is activated by the release lever when it is pulled up to it's limit, even if the seat release lever is pulled up slightly the mechanism locks, it's that last 1/4 inch of lift on the lever that unlocks the stop.
I've got some pictures that I'll try to post of it below as soon as I get them online.
I've noticed that some people have the misconception that the new stop is an inertial reel, it is not. It looks like one, but it doesn't incorporate an inertial mechanism. What it has instead of an inertial lock is a spring loaded lock. As the seat moves backwards the locking pin engages the next cog and locks, the seat will go back about a half an inch and hangs on the belt. There is a cable plunger that disengages the lock on the mechanism, that plunger cable is activated by the release lever when it is pulled up to it's limit, even if the seat release lever is pulled up slightly the mechanism locks, it's that last 1/4 inch of lift on the lever that unlocks the stop.
I've got some pictures that I'll try to post of it below as soon as I get them online.
