REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes & Pedal interconnect

Chuck Jensen cjensen at dts9000.com
Sat Jun 26 10:43:07 CDT 2004


Thanks Keith,

>From the follow up postings, I decided I'll have my cake and eat it
too---Toe brakes with non-interconnected rudders.  I'm ready to put them
through their paces.  All I need now is an airplane.

chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of KeithHallsten
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:26 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes & Pedal interconnect


Chuck -

It's your choice!  You can either have the pedals inter-connected or not, as
you wish.  The toe brakes are an independent issue, but they provide the
OPTION of interconnecting the pedals.  The plus side of that option is that
the rudder pedals will then act like every other (non-canard-pusher) plane.
The negative is that you give up the "subtle speed brake" option.  Arguing
over which alternative is "best" will provide grist for many future
Reflector posts!

It's done with a couple of struts from the pedals and a pivoting beam.  If
you try it and don't like it, just remove the unwanted components!

Keith


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen at dts9000.com>
To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at awpi.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 5:53 AM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes


> The double-rudder trick was a SOP.  I'm having the toe-brake conversion
> installed and haven't flown it yet but I had no idea the double-rudder
> capability will go away.  I used D-R fairly often (to counter sloppy
> flying), more often than I need to overcome cross wind landings.  It was a
> good speed brake; subtle, but effective.  I thought the conversion to the
> toe-brake was a win-win, free lunch thing....guess not.  It must fall
under
> the "no good dead goes unpunished" rule.
>
> Chuck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at awpi.com [mailto:reflector-bounces at awpi.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:53 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
>
>
> "Those who sacrifice freedom to get security, deserve neither."
> - Benjamin Franklin
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