My experience has been much the same as Jeff's... I have flown a good number of
my total hours in airplanes with heel brakes and I don't even think about where
the brakes are... your feet move, the plane reacts, you mentally adjust without
having to think about it. I don't notice much differenc
Just had to get in on this one.Have flown my taildragger with the original
landing retracts with cable brakes,mechanical drums connected together and
activated together as per the original design.They worked pretty well
except the drums would warp with heat issues.Then I went with the fixed
landing
8 am
Subject: Re: KR> Upside down rudder pedals
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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 05:18
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Subject: Re: KR> Upside down rudder pedals
Jeff wrote:
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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 05:18
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Subject: Re: KR> Upside down rudder pedals
Jeff wrote:
" The brake geometry is the same for top or bottom mou
Jeff Scott wrote:
>> My insurance rates have been the same for both Tailwheel and Nosewheel
aircraft, so I don't know where you get your data. I certainly don't pay an
extra premium for flying taildraggers.<<
I got it where I get all me best gems of information...but we won't go
there! I though
>
> There are a few at http://www.krnet.org/misc/toppedals/ . These are a bit
> complicated, as pedals go, however. The photos are a bit disconcerting
> because they're taken against concrete (not carpet) and most are upside down
> (to simulate hanging from above).
>
> I'm not wild about
There are photos of my top mounted ruder pedals on my web page at
http://www.robert7721.com/Controls.html
I have no issues with my setup. I have a trigear and use the heel brakes quite
often at the same time as the pedals when needed. You need the brakes on take
off since you have no rudder
At 10:18 PM 9/22/2014, you wrote:
>While they work substantially differently, I really don't even
>notice the difference switching back and forth other than I can romp
>down on the brakes with my heels without worrying about breaking my
>rudder pedals.
+++
Rob Schmitt wrote:
>You need the brakes on take off since you have no rudder control till you
>get up some speed.
Another benefit of the taildragger (to start a small brushfire)...tailwheel
angle and rudder angle are automatically "close" to the same, so a little
tailwheel compensates for cros
At 08:54 PM 9/22/2014, you wrote:
>There are a few at http://www.krnet.org/misc/toppedals/ . These are
>a bit complicated, as pedals go, however. The photos are a bit
>disconcerting because they're taken against concrete (not carpet)
>and most are upside down (to simulate hanging from above).
Dene Collett wrote:
> Guys I am looking for photos of rudder pedals mounted on the top shelf in
> stead of on the floor.
There are a few at http://www.krnet.org/misc/toppedals/ . These are a bit
complicated, as pedals go, however. The photos are a bit disconcerting
because they're taken again
Larry
Just to clarify, are your rudder pedals as depicted in the dropbox photos
dimensionally as per plans?
Dene
Awesome Larry thank you!
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Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 14:37
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Subject: Re: KR> Upside down rudder pedals
At 07:00 AM 9/21/2014, you wrote:
>Guys I am looking for pho
Guys I am looking for photos of rudder pedals mounted on the top shelf in
stead of on the floor.
If I sit in the plane and measure from the top shelf to the poing the pedal
should make contact with my foot, it makes for very short pedals. Although
the rudder will have the correct movement range, it
I have been working on switching my pedals to be top mounted...the odd
shape of my fuselage makes it next to impossible to mount to the floor.
One thing i have to deal with is the brake cylinders wind up being in
front...that's ok. I am also rebuilding the pedals so that I don't risk
touching the
At 07:00 AM 9/21/2014, you wrote:
>Guys I am looking for photos of rudder pedals mounted on the top shelf in
>stead of on the floor.
+++
They work fine, same geometry as mounted on the floor but don't get
in the way of your heels when stretching
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