The plans rudder pedals were .035. They were upgraded to .049 with hydraulic brakes but was still problematic. We make all of ours from . 058. Not much weight gain but much safer/ stronger.
Steve Glover Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2014, at 15:01, Flesner via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > At 02:25 PM 9/10/2014, you wrote: >> What Sparky doesn't mention is that in trying to "keep it light," he lost >> his rudder because the tubing he and Murray used to fabricate the rudder >> pedals broke at a critical moment when he was caught by a gust on >> landing. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I had my right pedal on the pilots side break several years ago and cautioned > the KR community to reinforce the pedals with a gusset at the 90 degree weld > on the horizontal to vertical tube. Mine is the standard RR supplied pedals. > The right pedal is susceptible to the greatest amount of flexing from the > pilots right pedal to the cable attach on the right side of the cockpit. > > Larry Flesner > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
