| At 11:05 am the UPS driver delivered a long awaited package. It contained Control Approach RV-10 rudder/brake pedals. I saw |
|
| a prototype of these over a year ago at a dinner @ Paul Grimstad's home. I was facinated by them then and begged Paul, if he |
|
| decided to produce these for sale that I would be his 1st customer. Paul called a few days ago with news that the 1st prod. sets |
|
| were ready, my check was in the mail the next day. These pedals address one of the shortcomings of Van's designs, which |
|
| makes the RV10 look like it is indeed an amatuer built airplane. These pedals remove the last piece of the 'utilitarian look' and |
|
| replace it with a truely elegant & professionally engineered piece of equipment that looks every bit as good as the ones on my |
|
| Baron. I've followed Pauls progress since then, He's really gone about this the right way. All of the parts are CAD designed, the |
|
| metal pieces are either CNC or laser cut, and all of the welding is done in jig's. The pedals arrive in 2 halves completely |
|
| assembled, you just install & torque 2 bolts to join them together. I had just finished installing my center console. So I needed to |
|
| remove that (1 1/2 hour) and then remove the old Van's pedals, another 1 1/2 hour. I disassembled the Matco brake cyls from |
|
| the old pedals and left them 'dangling' to later be reattached to the new CA pedals. If you were doing this modification initially |
|
| instead of a retro fit, it would be a breeze and the whole thing could be done in 3-4 hours work. It would actually save time over |
|
| the stock pedals. For a fat ol'man, under the instrument panel on a 110 degree day, takes a little longer. |
|
