pierre smith
Well Known Member
....to assist in rudder use.
Last year I had the privilege of giving some transition training to a great guy who had lost his left leg some years ago, above the knee, and has some difficulty applying left rudder. While building his own 7A, he came up with several great mods to his airplane.
The first was a pair of centrally mounted brake levers that can be pulled back together or "twisted" to apply more brake on either side. They feed into the passenger brakes, then to the pilot brakes.
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Secondly, he made a bellcrank system that links the two rudder pedals through an ingenious mod so that when the right pedal is pulled back by his right foot, it causes the left pedal to go forward.
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The right pedal stirrup:
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He told me that he'd gladly share with anyone needing to modify their airplane. I shot these pictures this morning during a visit.
Regards,
Last year I had the privilege of giving some transition training to a great guy who had lost his left leg some years ago, above the knee, and has some difficulty applying left rudder. While building his own 7A, he came up with several great mods to his airplane.
The first was a pair of centrally mounted brake levers that can be pulled back together or "twisted" to apply more brake on either side. They feed into the passenger brakes, then to the pilot brakes.
Secondly, he made a bellcrank system that links the two rudder pedals through an ingenious mod so that when the right pedal is pulled back by his right foot, it causes the left pedal to go forward.
The right pedal stirrup:
He told me that he'd gladly share with anyone needing to modify their airplane. I shot these pictures this morning during a visit.
Regards,
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