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Paul wrote: > The Univair pedal kit takes up leg room, the control cables > lie on top of the floor boards, The rudder pedal kits should NEVER have cables running above the floor boards. I've NEVER seen such an arrangement. Paul wrote: > and the control wheel still controls nose wheel steering. > Not a good arrangement in my opinion. Others will > probably disagree with me. <G> This IS debatable. The advantage of the standard rudder pedal kit (pedals steer nose wheel) is that you can turn the ailerons into the wind AFTER touchdown to prevent wing-lift - this isn't a problem in Coupes which have the tail at the correct height on the ground. The downside is that ground steering using feet on pedals isn't as accurate as hands on the wheel. Also, in their autos, people have practiced hundreds of thousands of repetitions of the trained reflex "need to go left --> turn the wheel left." The FIRST reaction of most people in an EMERGENCY is to turn the yoke. After that, people push the pedal. Fred Weick observed this trained-reflex in flight tests with other pilots and so, when he developed his pedal kit, he let the yoke steer the nose gear. It works fine. The only reported problem with this is you can steer SO ACCURATELY and easily on the ground that people sometimes taxi Coupes so fast they aren't careful enough and have taxi accidents. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Paul M. Anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:27 PM To: Larry Hutchinson; [email protected] Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] To rudder or not to rudder ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Hi Larry: A few years back I thought the very same thing. I MUST have rudder pedals. I was unable to find a Coupe with pedals and went ahead with the purchase. For about the first 5 or 6 landings my feet would actually tingle and I had to cross them and put them on the passenger side of the plane. <G> After that initial learning curve, I no longer worry that much about whether or not I have pedals. The Univair pedal kit takes up leg room, the control cables lie on top of the floor boards, and the control wheel still controls nose wheel steering. Not a good arrangement in my opinion. Others will probably disagree with me. <G> Take a ride in your Coupe to be and shoot a few landings preferably in a cross wind. Do get a thorough pre buy by someone who knows the Coupe. Good luck Paul NC2273H ========================================================================== == == To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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