Someone tell me I'm nuts for not wanting to put dual > Controls in my plane. \
Just as Mark has done, I am building mine with the aileron cable inline with the stick pivot point, to avoid the stretching problem, I liked Marks basic approach, and yet thought as you have that for most of the flying (someday) the co-pilot control will not be in use, So I am planning full dual controls but the RH stick will be removable below the seat line, That way I get more seat room when the passage is not going to be flying The point is that I hope someday to be able to have a Plane that will allow a potential KR wanta be like myself to experience the flight characteristics And with out dual I would not be able to Jim Mullen Everett Wa, KR2S Boat and feathers completed, Control system in the design phase -----Original Message----- From: Mark Langford [mailto:n5...@hiwaay.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:28 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Dual coantrols > Someone tell me I'm nuts for not wanting to put dual > controls in my plane. I installed a single stick, and after sitting in it realized that the center stick was in the way, especially with a passenger, and could basically be operated only with my right hand. And the KR requires that you hand be supported on something, so many folks with a single center stick have to build a center console for that, eating up even more room. Not only that, but the geometry of the stock stick setup is such that when you move the stick forward and aft, you stretch the aileron cables. The aileron cable tension is an unintentional stick centering device. This led me to the dual stick setup. I always notice when I "check free control movement" during preflight than when I move the elevator, the ailerons don't move at all. If you must have a single stick, so it similar to my dual setup's geometry, but place it between your legs, at least, but then you can't give dual instruction either. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kcontrol.html for details on both center and dual stick installations... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
