Hey Shaffer, I just read your post about your experience on the KR2 cable break. I was actually thinking about converting my toe (cable) break into a stick handle like yours... It sounds like your break (after converted into disk break) now is good enough to lock up both side of your wheels when doing engine runups, correct? Well, if that is the case, then converting the cable drums break into disk break (still cable?) should be a much easier solution to resolve the problem, right?
I will appreciate if you could share some of your ideas and pictures on how to modify your breaks, such as replacing original mechanism with disks and a 15 inch long break handle on the left side of your cockpit? Thanks in advance! Dr. Hsu On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 9:44 PM shafferj455js--- via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > -I flew my first 70 hours with the Azusa drum brakes. I used a hand > brake lever 18 inches long, mounted to the left side of the fuselage. > The handle top was 15 inches above the pivot bolt, and the cable > mounting hole was 2 and 13/16 inches below the pivot bolt. No, they > would not hold up a full power runup. After I converted it to disc > brakes, I found that a full power runup would drag the wooden chocks > with the tires locked up , leaving black rubber streaks on the > concrete. This was all with an 1835 VW I built myself, and a Great > American 52 x 46 prop. > > And for all you folks that think it is too sensitive in pitch : > Make > your control stick as long as you can, without pinching your thumb > between the instrument panel and the top of the control stick. This > longer arm makes for more movement required for the same amount of > deflection of your control surfaces ( Aileron and Elevator). I let my > flight instructor (he was a double I ) fly it, and he said " It flies > like a mini fighter, and is so responsive". My take, is that after you > fly a KR2, flying a Cessna 150, is like wheeling a dump truck compared > to a sports car. Yes, I have driven both. > > All said, my KR is a retractable tri gear, but they all fly the > same > in the air, or so I am told. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > /> > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > /> > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > [1] to change > > options. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > /> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > /> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > [2] to change options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > [2] http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
