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Paul wrote:
> There is supposed to be an aluminum cover over the
> cables which is attached to the floor boards. this
> was missing and I kept getting my feet tangled up
> in the cables.

Wow!  Live and learn.  I think I'd be performing some sheet metal
fabrication to re-make that cover for the cables.  That comes under the
rule
of the owner being able to fabricate parts for his own plane.  No way
would
I want naked control cables running over my floor.

Still, I've never seen such naked cables in all the Coupes I've looked at
and a fair minority had ERCO cable kits installed.

At any rate, we're agreed, buying the plane with no pedals is a good idea.

Ed Burkhead
http://edburkhead.com/
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From: Paul M. Anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:36 PM
To: Ed Burkhead; Coupe-List
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] To rudder or not to rudder

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Hi Ed:

I just passed on a G model with the Univair kit to Vern Hendershoot with
the
cables
from the pedals passing over the floor boards then through holes in the
spar
web,
where the direction of the cables are changed by a pair of pulleys riveted
to the back of the
spar, hence to the vicinity of the mixer where they join the regular
rudder
cables.
There is supposed to be an aluminum cover over the cables which is
attached
to the floor
boards. this was missing and I kept getting my feet tangled up in the
cables.

My present Coupe was fitted for the Univair kit which also had the cables
from the pedals
running over the floor boards. This is why it's not installed.

The installation drawing shows the cables running over the floor boards. I
looked at
the picture in the Univair catalog and it look similar to mine. o I
assumed
all the
Univair kits were set up that way. I've only seen a few Coupes with the
Univair kit.

Perhaps there is a later kit than what I've seen where the cables and
pedals
lie
under the floor board?

That might interest me since at the moment I'm trying to collect enough
Alon
stuff to
install those pedals.

I personally don't want pedals AND control wheel steering since it's
counter
to
other aircraft. With the straight Coupe 2 control setup I have schooled
myself
to use the wheel. But I'm afraid I'd get into trouble with a mix of the 2
systems.

This is my preference which of course probably runs counter to every one
else's. <G>

Cheers:

Paul

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