That is normal. I thought long and hard about coming up with a better way when I snapped off the welded rudder pedal tube and almost took out a light at the end of the runway when I started my first taxi testing. If you check the archives you can find some of the previous posts on this. My pedal failure was due to a weld without full penetration. The original builder apparently was not the best welder. I added some reinforcements and rewelded the pedals and didn't have any problems after that.
If I were building another KR I would probably beef up the rudder horns just for the heck of it, but I can tell you from experience that an impact to the left pedal strong enough to have me on crutches for a week and still no feeling in the bottom of my left foot after three months did not bend the stock rudder horn. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of flymaca711...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:26 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> RUDDER /BRAKE PEDAL IM RETHINKING MY BRAKE RUDDER SET UP IF I APPLY BRAKES IT ALL SO APPLIES TENSION ON THE RUDDER CABLES THIS CANT BE GOOD. MINE LOOKS REAL NICE C150 PEDALS FLOWN OVER 250 HRS LIKE THIS LOOKS THE SAME AS MARK LANGFORDS SET UP IS THIS THE NORM TO HAVE SOME TENSION APPLIED TO THE CABLES WITH BRAKES APPLIED? ANY FEED BACK OUT THERE THANKS MAC. MAC N1055A flymaca711...@aol.com _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
