Cessna's Free Seat-Stop Installation -- Any Downside

[Paul462]

Herb,

I highly reccomend the BAS 4-point seat restraint system, and have it installed on our T337C (and it was also installed on our last Skymaster).

My comments above were intended to be directed to the backup seat stop system which Cessna came up with. As Jeff notes above, this seat stop system attaches an inertial reel to the floor of the airplane under the seat, and the free end of the belt to the seat itself. The inertial reel is pre-set to dispense a pre-determined length of belt, after which it stops the seat from moving backwards. Actuation of the conventional seat release lever simultaneously releases the belt, so the seat can slide backwards. :-)