If toe brakes are going to be std on the tri, why not have them on the mono
too?
Tom Friedland A079
Gerry Holland wrote:
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> Subject: RE: Tri-Gear Changeover
>
> Fred Fillinger wrote in reply to Tony Renshaw:
> >>Snip
> <<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.
> >>
>
> 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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