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aerohead · 02-16-2009, 07:51 PM

seems like the tandem is always gonna win on frontal area,but may never gain with public acceptance.I'm pretty lean and I had trouble shoe-horning myself into a J-3 but I felt like I wore the plane once inside.The C-150 is definitely a shoulder-rubber and seems like the bare-minimum for space.My uncles V-tail Bonanza was a little wider but we sat at pretty close quarters and I think the swing-away single-yoke setup probably added to the illusion of more cabin spaciousness.I have a fuselage of one and I'll measure for width.-------------- With ground vehicles I'm okay with some added room for crumple-zone and impact and cabin penetration protection.After all,when Ken and Barbie are dead set at crashing into you,you need a little something in your favor.

02-16-2009, 07:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,306 Thanks: 24,436 Thanked 7,384 Times in 4,782 Posts	Cabin width seems like the tandem is always gonna win on frontal area,but may never gain with public acceptance.I'm pretty lean and I had trouble shoe-horning myself into a J-3 but I felt like I wore the plane once inside.The C-150 is definitely a shoulder-rubber and seems like the bare-minimum for space.My uncles V-tail Bonanza was a little wider but we sat at pretty close quarters and I think the swing-away single-yoke setup probably added to the illusion of more cabin spaciousness.I have a fuselage of one and I'll measure for width.-------------- With ground vehicles I'm okay with some added room for crumple-zone and impact and cabin penetration protection.After all,when Ken and Barbie are dead set at crashing into you,you need a little something in your favor.