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Subject: RE: Tri-Gear Changeover
Fred Fillinger wrote in reply to Tony Renshaw:
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<<WERE [BRAKES] ALSO FACTORY SUPPLIED, AND ARE THE BRAKES ON BOTH SETS OF
PEDALS?>>
Everything needed comes with the tri-gear kit and is quality stuff. The brake
master cylinders are small (non-aircraft) units which fit in between the
pilot-side rudder pedals. None for the copilot side, but easy add-on.
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I'm building a tri-gear (but only up to the tailplane at the moment!)
In a conversation with someone at Europa a short while ago, I was told that
the brake/rudder pedal assembly is to be revised to be as per the normal toe
brake system that most of us will have learned to fly with. Apparently the
reason for the change is that the standard system is being used on the
certified Europa and they've decided to reverse engineer it for the XS Trigear
kit. Presumably, this change will apply to both pilot's and co-pilot's rudder
pedal assemblies. (Can Europa comfirm this?)
I'm glad about this: I was concerned that my 'plates of meat' wouldn't squeeze
between the standard rudder pedals to activate the original type of 'roller
brakes' effectively!
Chris Vowell (Kit No 345)
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