03-Lifting my weight (60kg) into the cockpit
Bars in the cockpit's roof are lifting points.
04-Pulling these legs inside
05-My Roho Quadtro cushion ALSO is protecting
me inside the cockpit. (anti-decubitus)
06-Putting the Roho cushion under my "but".
07-Folding the seat on my Küschall K4 Airlite Pro
08-Turning the K4 on it's side to unmount the right wheel
09-Taking in the right wheel of my K4 (1kg)
10-Putting the wheel into the luggage compartment.
11-Turning the chair on it's other side ...
12-To access the left wheel
13- ... to put it behind the seats too
14-Lifting in the K4 frame and seat.
15-Unmounting the first of 5 quick dismountable bolts (foot
rest)
16-Unmounting the 2 winged bolts holding the front part of
the seat on the frame (takes about 1 minute for both of them)
17-Unmounting the 2 winged bolts holding the back part of
the seat on the frame (these bolts also release the carbon wheel shaft)
18- Seat and frame are not linked anymore and can be
put into the lugage comp apart. (1 min)
19-Putting the folded seat away behind the seats too
20-There is plenty of room left for the frame and some hand
luggage.
21-The carbon wheel shaft is dismounted in a second
22- ... and we end up with 2 apart frame tubes .
23- ... which fits easily into the free space left behind
the seats.
These are all parts that are stored behind
the seats, forming together a wheelchair K4 Airlite. Remark the quick
dismountable bolts and nuts (winged) in front of the parts. These are the
ones I have to loosen to obtain the result depicted above. Winglet
bolts & nuts can easily be loosened / tightened by hand without
needing any mechanical tools.
Getting
out of the Plane
and
back into the wheelchair.
(mounting the
wheelchair is acc. to inverted procedure)
01-Bars in cockpit roof are good holding points.
02- ... and the wheel chair serves as a good hand
rest too
03-Back on earth again :-)
Getting in
the plane and storing the wheelchair
behind the seats takes about 5 minutes. I don't need any
help at any time. (SOLO X-country is POSSIBLE @ ease!)
Getting out of the plane and back in the (re)mounted
wheelchair takes about 7 minuts.
In case of distress I don't need the wheelchair
and
make a DIRECT transfer to the ground to abandon
the A/C ASAP. (Takes about 3 seconds to get out and
about 5 more seconds to move me about 10m away
from the (e.g. burning) Aircraft.
