The actual movement at the top of the levers is quite small to put the brakes
hard
on - about 1" at most I would guess. However this is only the case when you
have a well-bled brake system. (I have found it quite a challenge to achieve
this although I think I've got the technique now!). In the process of trying
to get the brakes bled recently I had one brake line with a bit of air in it
and this, of course, made it feel spongey and the lever moved about 3" at the
top. Although having a differential movement from one lever to the other was not
good for ease of steering straight, the lever that moved more (the one with
the air in the line) actually felt rather nice to handle, having a bit of a
'spring'
to its movement, and a more progressive braking action as you pulled the
lever. It was quite different to the rather 'hard' and more direct feel of
the fully bled one. If there was a way to have a fully-bled system that also had
this slight 'spring' to it, then I think it would be the nicest of all to
handle.
Maybe this is not possible with hydraulics?
I have flown a Sky Arrow in the past which had finger brakes and these were very
nice to handle indeed - with just the right of movement and spring to them.
Incidentally, the brakes are held on for parking by a pair of small toothed cams
just ahead of the levers which are manually twisted into place. Harry Luck and
Matthew Russell created it for me and it works well.
Perhaps there are others who have optimised this twin finger brake system to
create
the perfect feel and action?
David
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Steering/finger Brakes
David, How long is the "throw" at the top of the levers? My thought being to
lower the brake unit such that the levers only protrude an inch or so above the
level of the console, but if the throw is too long this would make for a very
long "slot" in the console.
Garry V. Stout
District Manager, AT&T Business Services
Phone: 813-878-3929 Fax 813-878-5651
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-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Steering/finger Brakes
I've had a good result with my finger brakes since converting my mono to a
trigear.
However, the first finger brake levers fitted were too short and the braking
loads on my fingers were too high for comfort. I fitted longer levers and
this has made a big difference. (They are now about 5" from pivot point to the
top of the lever). The only downside to these longer brake levers is that their
handles are now considerably above the handle on the top of the throttle lever
(particularly when the throttle is at idle) which means you have a bit of
a handful when taxying with low rpm. However with a bit of practice it's quite
do-able from whichever seat you sit in.
David
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Steering/finger Brakes
Does any one have info re trigear brakes?
Bob Berube has given me info on Jamar US2002X
from< jamarperformance.com>
Europa have in pipeline their Mod which is imminent
Colin Smallwood Kit 232
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