I have installed the Matco valve in my not-yet-flying Tri-Gear (and also
added a set of foot brakes to the right side), and have located the valve
within the tunnel, just to the right of the 914's throttle quadrant.
Although I have seen Dennis' monowheel Europa a few times I don't recall
where he put the valve, but from his description it sounds like it is about
where I located it. Having a big empty space in my tunnel I can't comment
on whether the valve will interfere with the monowheel's operation but the
valve is certainly small enough to fit somewhere in the cockpit. I can
provide a drawing of the bracket I fabricated to mount the valve and details
of the extension shaft to put the operating lever above the tunnel - contact
me off list if you want more details.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
Airframe complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Stanislav vec
Subject: Europa-List: parking brake system
To all
On Denis Vories info page http://www.europa-usa.com/enhancements.htm (great,
full of super ideas, his upholstery professionaly made) I can read in
chapter UNDERCARRIAGE :
. Thanks to Kim Prout, a hydraulic Matco parking brake valve (ACS#
06-17200) secures Europa during parking and during run up when hands must
be free. This valve holds the brake parked for weeks and should be included
with the kit - is hard to imagine flying the aircraft without it. The
parking brake lever is located within "finger flick" distance of the hand
brake handle so that one hand can easily activate the park function and pull
the brake handle.
Please, is anybody else installed this parking brake? I would like to know
before ordering this valve by Spruce (98$), if there is enough place for the
installation in the undercarriage tunel and so it is not necessary to move
current existing original equipment (original brake valve, lines, etc.). It
is a little difficult to make decision about it when I have not the parking
valve with the handle in my hand.
Thanks very much for answers.
Stanislav, builder #438
=A9vec Stanislav
E-mail: standa.svec@volny.cz
|