Hi! Shaun.
The foot brakes are AOK on G-PTAG. Just a shame that it's hardly possible to
get your toe to reach the rudder pedal as well as heel on the brake , but I
haven't had time yet to experiment with the rudder pedal adjustment yet. You
need a Mac valve in the brake lines to serve as a
hand brake to both weels. The factory had an attempt at the conventional
heel toe arrangement
but it needed the footwell extending by 2" then they dropped it for some
reason.
I personally wouldn't like to have my right hand committed to brakes as well
as throttle.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: Re: Brakes
>
>
> I thought that there wasn't any room for toe brakes in the
> Europa! Doesn't
> the Lakeland
> Tri-gear have a new arrangement of the standard hand brakes?
>
> Shaun
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Svein Johnsen" <svein.johnsen@mossww.com>
> Subject: Brakes
>
>
> > To all Tri-Gear owners:
> >
> > The Europa Lakeland demo Tri-Gear has hand-operated brakes, by
> two levers
> > fitted in the center consol to the right of the throttle, while I
> understand
> > the standard arrangement that comes with the kit is foot
> operated brakes.
> >
> > Has anyone else made this modification? How do you find using one hand
> to
> > operate the brakes and sometimes also the throttle when taxiing? Would
> you
> > still recommend making this mod.?
> >
> > To those flying with the foot operated brakes: How do you like
> them - is
> > foot space too tight or is it OK once you get used to it? Can
> you operate
> > the brakes and the rudder at the same time (toes on rudder, heels on
> > brakes?), or do you have to let go the rudder control if you apply the
> > brakes?
> >
> > Regards
> > Svein Johnsen - #A225
> >
> >
>
>
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