---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 12/19/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:10 PM - Re: Parking brake valve (Speedy11@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:10:00 PM PST US From: Speedy11@aol.com Subject: RV8-List: Re: Parking brake valve Jim, I bought a cabinet door latch in the aviation department at Home Depot and rigged my parking valve with a handle made from aluminum tubing. I personally dislike the traditional push-pull knobs used to set the parking brake in light aircraft, so I came up with this lever idea. When stowed, it is out of sight and latched in an upright position. Even under G loading, the lightweight lever is highly unlikely to drop to the down "brakes set" position. When in the brakes set position, the lever is in front of the left rudder pedal so the pilot easily notices it and can confirm the brake setting. It's also easy to look in the cockpit and determine if the brakes are set. You can look at my web site at www.rv-8a.net on the chronology page. Caution - it is a very long page and you'll need high speed internet to download it (downloads in about 20 seconds with high speed). Scroll down to the 11 Nov 06 entry to see photos. If you don't have high speed internet, let me know and I'll send the photos to you. I'm sure you could modify my idea to meet your needs in your aircraft. Regards, Stan Sutterfield All, I installed the catalog parking brake valve on my RV-8 but never figured out how to use it. At first I thought that I could use the little handle by itself. Unfortunately this dream resulted in an almost serious accident when the tiny mass of the tiny handle caused it to jiggle into the closed position. When this happens the next brake application locks the brake. Surprise! At the moment the handle is tie-wrapped into the open position. My post is to ask how others have fabricated a linkage to operate it properly. Simply putting a control cable on it results in reversed operation, IE pulled out would be off. Any ideas? Jim Bean 43 hours now on N99JA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv8-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV8-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv8-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv8-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.