>I snapped off a rudder pedal and almost took out some lights at the end of >the runway in a KR once. Turned out to be a bad weld in the 5/8" pedal >tubing. It only had about 50% penetration. It didn't fail in over 100 >hours because the previous owner did not have the hydraulic brakes with the >brakes on te rudder pedals. I am all for going extra beefy on the rudder >horns.
>Brian Kraut +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I know it's not industary standard (check out your Cessnas and Pipers) but my stops are on the stick and rudder peddles, not at the control surfaces. The only loads I want my control cables and horns to feel are the flight loads, not me trying to push the rudder peddles through the firewall on a panic stop or slapping the stick to the limits. Larry Flesner
