REFLECTOR: Toe Brakes

[KeithHallsten]

Alex,

You are exactly correct on this - the pedal interconnect is independent and
optional.  I talked about it with Scott Baker at the Golden West Fly-in last
weekend, and poked at the XL-5 demonstrator's toe brake system.  So if you
want to keep the "mini speed brake" feature, you can easily do that and
still have the brakes independent of the rudders.

Keith Hallsten
XLFG, hinging rudders to winglets


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Balic" <alex157 at direcway.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at awpi.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:24 PM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes


> That is precisely the reason that I have not yet installed the toe brake
system yet- (and the $1000 (yikes) price tag)   although I have seen the one
installed on Dave Bertram's XL, and it seems to me that the only reason that
you can not deploy both rudders is that the factory has incorporated a cross
linkage that ties both together, I would think that it can be installed
without this cross linkage and still be used in the independent way, while
still having the toe brakes- anyone out there with the toe brakes care to
comment on this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at awpi.com [mailto:reflector-bounces at awpi.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:53 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes
>
>
> At 02:23 PM 6/23/2004, you wrote:
> >You get to use full travel on the rudders ... with no affect on the
brakes.  However, you can no longer push both rudders at the same
> >time!  Not that it was wise to do anyway.
>
> Push both rudders at the same time, not wise!!   I strongly disagree.
This is a fantastic high speed air brake and I use it often when slam dunked
by approach in a fast cruise descent.
>
> Scott