Adjustable rudder pedals can be accomplished in a closed loop, but it will be alittle elaborate, possibly get alittle heavy. To "steal" a design from the RV camp, you make and "S" bracket on each outboard edge of the rudder pedal where the attachment of the cable is, so that the cable passes through the S and continues on to the rest of the system. When adjusting the pedals, they tilt towards the rear of the plane, somewhat straightening the cable and allowing the pedals to slide along the cable length. Once in the desired position, the mount is secured by pins, and the pedal returned upright again, causing the cable to return back to the S configuration. This S gently bites or grabs the cable for normal actuation of the rudder, without the cable having to terminate at the pedal side mount.
My seats are 4 inches further forward then plans, bottom 4 inches forward of rear spar, and seat back 5 inches. The sitting position is alittle more straight up and down, giving better over the nose visibility. I am 5'5" and could not get to the rudder pedals, and still see over the nose. My dual sticks ( thanks Brian Kraut ) are very comfortably right at my knee. You want your hand to be able to rest on your leg somewhat or knee or else you will have a BIG tendency to wobble the plane in flight since it is very sensitive at speed like any aircraft is. The main difference in the KR and other aircraft in my opinion at cruise speed is that the control forces are still very light compared to other aircraft, so it is just easier to cause over controlling, not that it is any MORE sensitive. The benefit once you are used to it, is that the control effectiveness of the KR is truly all the way down to its stall speed, mine getting mushy and sloppy only with 5 mph of the actual stall. Mounting the cut down prop today hopefully.... Colin & Beverly Rainey Apex Lending, Inc. www.eloan2004cr.com crai...@apexlending.com 407-323-6960
