I was building up my in-flight adjustable pedals and ran across an issue I wanted to run by those who have gone before me.
Drew the center point for the brake master attach point on each brake.
Set the pedals up so they were even and upright.
Put a steel rod through the two inner pedal mounts that goes through both pedals so the steel weldments are even and true to each other.
Set a large square against the table and clamped the lower pedals to it.
Using another square I set the upper pedals and clamped them as a set with a thick piece of wood.
When I mark where the brake master holes should go in relation to the desired 5/16" mark I was getting some strange results.
This is the left pedal. The black line is the desired 5/16" location. The red line is where the left master wants to be if I drilled the right pedal at 5/16"
No surprise the right pedal is exactly opposite. The black line is the desired 5/16" and the red line is where the right master wants to be if the left pedal was drilled at 5/16"
I scratched my head over this trying to figure out how that could happen. I measure and checked the pedals, brake masters, lower pedals etc trying to find what was out of whack. Turns out the brake master attach tabs on the WD-816 rudder slide are not even.
So now I know what the problem is. The question is how to proceed.
My gut reaction is to drill the left pedal at the stock 5/16" so the right pedal gets drilled slightly higher up. Going the other way with the right pedal stock and the left pedal down leaves I believe an insufficient edge distance. My question about that is will there be any strange brake force issues? I can't imagine there would be enough of a difference to notice but that is why I am asking.
Thoughts?
Drew the center point for the brake master attach point on each brake.
Set the pedals up so they were even and upright.
Put a steel rod through the two inner pedal mounts that goes through both pedals so the steel weldments are even and true to each other.
Set a large square against the table and clamped the lower pedals to it.
Using another square I set the upper pedals and clamped them as a set with a thick piece of wood.
When I mark where the brake master holes should go in relation to the desired 5/16" mark I was getting some strange results.
This is the left pedal. The black line is the desired 5/16" location. The red line is where the left master wants to be if I drilled the right pedal at 5/16"
No surprise the right pedal is exactly opposite. The black line is the desired 5/16" and the red line is where the right master wants to be if the left pedal was drilled at 5/16"
I scratched my head over this trying to figure out how that could happen. I measure and checked the pedals, brake masters, lower pedals etc trying to find what was out of whack. Turns out the brake master attach tabs on the WD-816 rudder slide are not even.
So now I know what the problem is. The question is how to proceed.
My gut reaction is to drill the left pedal at the stock 5/16" so the right pedal gets drilled slightly higher up. Going the other way with the right pedal stock and the left pedal down leaves I believe an insufficient edge distance. My question about that is will there be any strange brake force issues? I can't imagine there would be enough of a difference to notice but that is why I am asking.
Thoughts?
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