What a great Idea Serge, I'm going to give it a try. Thanks Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "S.F. Vidal" <[email protected]> To: "'KR builders and pilots'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:09 AM Subject: RE: KR>KR landing gear/brakes
> I have hand brakes on my flying KR. Since it's a taildragger, the two brakes > are separate to help with ground steering... which I strongly recommend for > all taildragger KR2s! My brakes are motrocycle type handles; they are not > mounted on the stick, Russian style, but just ahead of the main spar. You > grab them with one hand, while your other hand is on the stick. Non typical, > but easy to build and effective. > > You can have a look at them on Mark Langford's site, under Serge Vidal's KR. > > Serge F. VIDAL > KR2 ZS-WEC (between two engines) > Johannesburg, South Africa > E-mail: [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Timothy Bellville > Sent: 10/06/2003 10:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: KR>KR landing gear/brakes > > > Hi everyone, > I have a couple of new questions. > Awhile back , when I wrote about putting toe brakes on my Kr2, a gentleman > warned me to beef up the rudder control horn else I would bend it pressing > to hard on the brakes. I have found this to be true. > On my sonerai this was never a issue due to the metal construction of the > whole tail, but on the Kr, I am hesitant to change the design. > Does anyone know of a way to reinforce this area without doing major surgery > or adding to much additional weight? > And has anyone ever used a hand brake mounted to the stick to apply both > brakes at the same time? I had this Idea when I was contemplating the > control horn problem. > Also I have retracts, if it matters. > Thanks everyone, > Tim > KR2 > N7038V > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
