> Brian, > The lowest weight solution / smallest package option > is to add a rudder pedal connector (closed loop) cable > with 2 pulleys/brackets behind the firewall. So when > you step on the toe brakes, the force is evenly > distributed through the cable system. Another > advantage is that when you push forward on one pedal, > the opposite pedal moves aft the same amount. Hi all If I am not mistaken, the way I see it, all this system will do is to stop the rudder pedals from falling down on to the floor.Stomping on the pedals or brakes will only create slack in the "pedal connector" cable. If this is the only desired effect, then surely a light spring attached to each pedal and to the firewall will have the same effect. With this system it is still possible to rip the rudder horns from the rudder by stomping on the brakes or rudder pedals. My solution would be to install the springs as described above with the adition of another cable attached to each rudder pedal running around a pulley system attached to the forward face of the main spar. This way all excessive loads on the pedals are absorbed by the "run around cable" and not the rudder cables and horn. The "run around cable" could be attached to the outer pedals and run through two pulleys attached directly aft of them on the spar or they could be attached to the inner two pedals running through a single pulley in the centre of the spar.
I might be missing something but I can't see how this system will be more complex or heavier than you described above. This is how I will be doing mine anyway, unless someone points out a shortcoming in my way of thinking.
