Bill Leonhardt wrote: > > Hello List, > > Ralph Diaz, Alex Ferguson and, perhaps, others have recently discussed > alternatives to the common "sliding" rudder pedal set-up. I am interested > in learning more about alternate pedal installation designs (ie, ala > aircraft rudder pedals) and I have a question. Do the designs that have > you pivoting the pedal give you enough travel to let the rudder hit the > stops on each direction? It would seem to me that the sliding design gives > a lot of travel and that with the pivoting design, you might need to have > some actuation amplification. Is this true? > > Bill Leonhardt > Klepper rudder pedals are of non-travel kind, i.e. they pivot on a base, and they give full range to the rudder. The Klepper rudder itself is enormous and runs almost horizontal to the water's surface. So cranking it around side to side is quite a large arc. So if the Klepper pedals can do this, I can't imagine that other pivoting types would not be able to have a full rudder range as well. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 27 1999 - 14:58:24 PST
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