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How wide for a side-by-side?

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How wide should a side-by-side cockpit be in a light, two-seat homebuilt?

  • 34" / 86 cm

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 36" / 91 cm

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • 38" / 97 cm

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 40" / 102 cm

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • 42" / 107 cm

    Votes: 12 25.5%
  • 44" / 112 cm

    Votes: 8 17.0%
  • 46" / 117 cm

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • 48" / 122 cm

    Votes: 14 29.8%
  • Other (explain in a post)

    Votes: 4 8.5%

  • Total voters
    47
  • Poll closed .

cluttonfred

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I'll make this quick. Our own Ron W. has done some great work over the years documenting actual cockpit dimensions of homebuilt aircraft. I like the VP-2, but pretty much everyone agrees that it's a bit too small even in open-cockpit mode and even worse if enclosed. So, for light two-seat homebuilt (think LSA or European microlight), how wide should the cockpit really be?
 
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