Orma wrote << the boost control and the stick are close to each other and require the same hand >>
I also have a TypeIV with a turbo and a manual waste gate. The condition that I designed the engine controls for was a go-around on short final. I built a Throttle quadrant that has throttle, waste gate, mixture and cowl flaps all together in my left hand. The stick is in my right hand. In an emergency full power situation I simply shove all four levers full forward. This give full throttle, open waste gate, mixture full rich, and cowl flaps open. To go to "war emergency power" I pull back on the waste gate control. Operationally, I know that the throttle is full open, mixture is full rich, and cowl flaps are full open before I begin to add boost. In addition, when you are close to the ground you most likely don't need boost so in one motion of left hand forward you are very close to full power so that you can concentrate on flying the airplane and not worrying about engine control settings. All of the commercially available throttle quadrants were too expensive for what you get so I just built one up out of 6061 Al. I bent up two "L" shaped pieces of Al that form top-right and bottom-left sides. The bottom-left piece is mounted to the left sidewall and has the pivot (an3 bolt) and the levers (fashioned from 1/8" Al). The top-right piece has slots in the top for the levers and mounting holes on the right side. A wing nut on the pivot bolt outside of the right side allows for adjusting the tension on the pivot to prevent creep of the controls. You might want to reconsider having your waste gate control conflicting with your flying hand. You can fly the airplane without power but I would not recommend powering the airplane without flying! Your KR has flown and mine has not yet, so consider the source of this recommendation. Regards, Bob Lee ______________________________ 3380 Ashton Drive Suwanee, GA 30024 Cell: (404) 538-1427 Phone: (770) 844-7511 Fax: (770) 844-7501 mailto:[email protected] http://flyboybob.com
