{"id":720,"date":"2014-02-08T16:32:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T00:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stol750project.info\/?p=720"},"modified":"2014-02-08T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T00:32:53","slug":"rudder-pedals-and-brakes-2-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"Rudder Pedals and Brakes (2 h)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After putting the wheels on, it almost feels like the project is “done”, should take it easy for a while. Or maybe its because the next things are scary, wiring up the controls and putting on an engine are definitely new things for me.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the engine, I got a quote from Zenith this week for the Rotax 912ULS and firewall forward kit. Ouch doesn’t cover it (especially since the price had gone up $800 since last May), but I will hold my nose and send them a cheque next week. Lead time is 2-3 weeks they say.<\/p>\n

Back to today, I put the rudder pedals and the brakes in the fuselage. First, I noticed that I had not enlarged the bolt hole where the pedals attach to the brake cylinders so I enlarged those.
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Then I slowly added each of the pieces into the fuselage for a trial fit. At one point I had the brakes in upside down (despite it being quite obvious from the upside down writing on the outside) so it was a slow process. Eventually I had everything where it needed to be so I riveted and put in bolts where applicable.<\/p>\n

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The pedals brackets get bolts, but the brake brackets get A5 rivets.
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And here’s a somewhat dizzy-making picture of where the brakes attach to the pedals. Note that I haven’t put in any cotter pins yet and there is still room to adjust the pedal pitch once I’m able to gauge the comfort.
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After putting the wheels on, it almost feels like the project is “done”, should take it easy for a while. Or maybe its because the next things are scary, wiring up the controls and putting on an engine are definitely…<\/p>\n

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