"Seek and ye shall find."
The seating position in my Hatz isn't the greatest; in particular, my left knee starts hurting whenever I make a long flight. Part of the issue, I think, is the way I have to hold my leg to avoid hitting the pitch trim lever... what it needs is a pad to rest my knee against.
No big deal to make, but I wanted something quick and dirty to test it first, like a piece of pool noodle or thick pipe insulation snapped over a fuselage tube. I didn't have anything like that laying around, and since it's not urgent I figured I'd wait until I found something or was in a store that sold such things.
Last night, I went flying, and laying on the grass between the runway and taxiway was... two short pieces of pool noodle taped together. No idea where they came from, but it was real windy the day before from the remnants of Ida, so it could have blown in from anywhere. How convenient was that?
After landing, I went over and picked it up, cut it to length, and put it on, we'll see how it works the next time I fly.
If it works out a more elegant pad is in order, of course.