...Er... That is highly debatable. I once got a jammed rudder -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+serge.vidal=ate-international....@mylist.net Err... That's debatable! I once got a rudder failure (just read the archives for details), and I was quite happy to still have brakes on landing, because the KR does not land too short, and the brakes give you some sort of directional control as well. With a KR, a reasonable crosswind can be handled without a rudder; a short, narrow airstrip with a crosswind is hard to manage without brakes.
Serge Vidal KR2 ZS-WEC Tunis, Tunisia [mailto:krnet-bounces+serge.vidal=ate-international....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Dana Overall Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:46 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>rudder pedals Brian, just a little food for thought. I used those same cylinders on my KR. Short of fabricating new pedals incorporating a pivoting cylinder, I chose to remove the cylinders from the assembly in an effort to allieve the pressure on the rudder horns and the various tie down points as the cable moved aft. I had a pulley near the front that I wanted to relieve pressure from also. My sometimes convaluted thinking was at some point the rudder system would fail before the braking system failed, opposite of your situation so far though. I thought I would rather have rudder than braking. The current system may work just fine, but I just didn't like putting, what I considered, undue stress on the cable system which had nothing to do with what I wanted to achieve.......and that was braking, not rudder pressure. My solution at the time was to remove the cylinders and mount them with the round foot pad pointing aft, between the two pedals. I drilled two holes in the firewall and mounted the brackets to hold the cylinders firewall forward. A byproduct of this, I was able to remove brake lines..thus brake fluid, from the fuselage. I mounted them a little high so I could heel the rudder pedals but get to the brakes with my toes. Had to be a little pigeon toed but it worked. This way I was able to get full compression of the piston, use of the rudder with no unnessesary demand on the calbes and had very good braking. Man, that got long winded when my initial reply was going be, "Hey Brian, I mounted mine between the pedals.........worked for me".:-) Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit ordered!! Buying Instruments. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
