Aluminum flashing for seat?

[Flyguyeddy]

Is the aluminum flashing you can buy from lowes aviation supply good enough for the seat?   I need to either extend my current one or make a new one thats longer. 

[Flyguyeddy]

The alloy of the particular flashing i have is 5042h19

[Tom H]

The alum flashing I get around here from Lowes or Home Depot is too thin and soft for a seat built according to the plans.

However you built it, be sure that your seat will not fail.  On the single seaters, the controls that are mounted below the seat will be compromised.

We used several sewn layers of heavy fabric in LEU Treehugger, and put a 1/8" stranded control wire in an X shape below the seat as a safety net, just to be sure nothing bad happened from a seat failure.  I don't know why we used fabric.  I think the woven alum strips are as simple as it can get, and plenty strong.

[914pete]

Is the aluminum flashing you can buy from lowes aviation supply good enough for the seat?   I need to either extend my current one or make a new one thats longer.

Lowes? as in the better version of Home Depot has an aviation supply dept?

[okdonn]

My Tailwind has 4130 tube framed seats covered with polyfiber - very light and seem to be strong (it hasn't flown yet). I will probably do the same when I get to the DE build.