Tony King wrote: > My builders guide shows the rudder pedals as bent tube rather than welded. > Has anyone built them this way? What are the pros and cons?
Bent would be stronger than welded, as there would be "no heat affected zone" to weaken the parent material, as you get from welding. A CNC bender would make quick work of this job, but given the scale, it may be difficult to recoup programming costs without buying a bunch of them. Somebody in that business...like nvAero, might just be up to the task. I used .049" for mine, and have thoroughly abused them on landings by pushing hard on both pedals out of pure apprehension! But they have almost three thousand landings on them, so .049" is sufficient if welded properly. See http://www.n56ml.com/pedals/index.html for more on that... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
