pedal distance from firewall

[bransom]

I'm wondering about preferred distance of the pedal tubes from the firewall. I
drilled holes for the delrin mount blocks last night using the 5 3/4 " setback
from firewall called for in the manual. Of course, I wished I was asking this
before I started those holes! Using that 5 3/4" setback, it looks to me like
the normal straight rudder position would have the pedals leaned back too
much to allow enough forward travel on the pilot side right brake pedal.

I had switched the firewall witches hats (inside one starts at pilot's feet), so
the pilot's right brake pedal hits there pretty early. It seems that even with
the normal witches hat configuration it might be too close too.

I think my cleanest fix is to move both left and right side pedal tubes
rearward by the distance of the hole spacing in the delrin blocks -- I think
about 1 1/4" (i'm at work now, didn't measure last night). That way I'd use
one of the two 3/16" mount holes, drill new ones for the rear of the blocks,
and fill the unused front ones with 3/16 rivets up through the doublers.
Fortunately I haven't drilled for the doubler perimeter holes, so things won't
be too ugly.

So, two questions: Have others found forward rudder or brake pedal travel
to be no problem at that standard position (5 3/4" setback)? Are there any
other potential gotchas by my moving both pedal ass'ys rearward a little, e.g.
1 1/4"?

Thanks a lot, as always,
-Ben/ 496R



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