mount one end of the ram to the floor and the other to the top of a flat piece of metal which pivots on the rudder bar. Works fine on mine. cheers warren shapcott zk-krs new zealand -----Original Message----- From: larry flesner [mailto:fles...@midwest.net] Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2003 1:03 a.m. To: KR builders and pilots Subject: KR>brake set ups!!!!!!!
>Hi Guys My kr2S has cleveland brakes and the pedals are mounted below the >header tank and hang from a shelf down. >The problem is connecting the hydraulic cyclinders to a toe brake set up as >the length of the rudder pedal arm is shorter than the hydraulic ram what >can be done to solve this problem and the associated geometry problems what >has been done and how photo's are great. >Ross >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out the following photos. http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flesner/brakes1.jpg http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flesner/brakes2.jpg http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flesner/brakes3.jpg The only change I made after several hours of taxi test was to add a thin alum "L" bracket to the outside edge of each pedal so I can tell where my feet are at on the pedal. You want your feet to stay inside the vertical down tubes so you can get to the brakes if needed. Larry Flesner _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
