Yes, I forgot to mention bending the cranks - I doubt if you can do the
job at all without bending both outwards. They end up in line with the
front members of the landing gear frame which chops of some of the
extreme rearward movement which you might otherwise have, but one
shouldn't need it all with that gearing up to the rudder.
A simpler way of anticipating this conflict would have been for Europa to
publish the widest dimension of the engine mounting frame, so you don't
have to buy a Rotax before putting the rudder pedals to rest. (Its 9.5
inches, though it tapers a bit upwards). There is presumably a similar
measurement for the Subaru.
The simple rubbing blocks suggested to push the cable away from the frame
could generate a problem. If a cable goes slack, (e.g. someone catches
their foot under the pedal) it can go drop the block, and coming back up
it will snag on the bottom, generating assymetric rudder and also rub on
the frame again. Either they have to be made much deeper, or have a
retaining action like the ones that prevent the disc brake snagging. I
have pinned and reduxed an L-shaped bracket on the bottom to stop this.
Graham twoit (still one left).
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