Interior Upgrade Question

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:04:42 GMT, Chuck wrote:

I had just been considering the same thing recently. Thanks for
posting the question Brian. And thanks to all who answered.

But I have a couple more that maybe someone out there knows the answer
to. My recently purchased Cherokee 180 is an older model with the
original furniture inside.

Instead of just recovering the seats, I'm considering replacing the
original Cherokee seats with newer models. I'm wondering what the FAA
would say if I wanted to take seats from a newer model Piper (with
height adjustment and nice extras) and put them in my Cherokee. If
the floor rails are the same, it should be a plug'n'play change. Of
course, the weights would have to be calculated to reflect weight
changes. But does anyone know if the FAA would allow this if they
came from another certified plane to my Cherokee???

Don't know about the legalities, but as someone else has stated, get
it through a couple annual cycles and I'm sure it wouldn't be a
problem.

Come to think of it, I'd love to change the yokes in my Cherokee while
I'm at it. Get some newer models instead of these original bow-tie
yokes. And I guess same question would apply -- would they let me
take from one certified model to another???
There is actually an AD on the "bowtie" yokes you have. Every 100
hours they need to be inspected. If you convert to the Ram Horn type
yoke the AD goes away. It's a pricey venture though. There shouldn't
be a problem putting yokes in from another (Piper) aircraft as long as
they are the correct type, but I personally like the bow ties, and
since the AD isn't that labor intensive, would live with it until one
cracked (which may be a really long time). I'd rather spend that
money on gas.

HTH.
z