Yes, I have the foot brake still installed with the rudder pedals. The installation guide recommends that the pedal for the foot brake be trimmed down on the right side to allow clearance to work the right rudder. There are probably a couple of options for how you can position the foot brake more to the center of the rudder pedals.
Frank Nelson N51DV - 415C TOA --- In [email protected], "bigbrownpi...@..." <bigbrownpi...@...> wrote: > > Besides my wonky cowling, there's only one other thing I don't like about my > coupe. The hand brake. Someone installed a Piper hand brake (quite a bit of > engineering on the 337) that works OK for braking but makes a lousy parking > brake. It pops off and bleeds down at the worst possible times and I've > caught the airplane rolling a couple times. "Just hold the brake", right? > Well, I try to whenever I run up, but sometimes I need a third hand to do > everything at once. A foot brake would be sooooo much nicer-- one foot on > the brake and two free hands. I notice that most Erco rudder coupes seem to > have the foot brake removed, either because it interferes with the rudder > controls or because it is in a bad location to get one's foot off the rudder > and under to the brake. Does anyone still have a foot brake with rudder > pedals, or has anyone installed a different single-brake system that works > well with Erco rudder pedals installed? > > Thanks, > Dave >
