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Old July 1st 09, 05:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
cavelamb[_2_]
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Default Nose Wheel Steering for Retracts

Brian Whatcott wrote:

Here's my fantasy design. Two tiny motorbike master cylinders, one on
each rudder pedal, and one slave cylinder on a horn each side of the
nose wheel.
Then the wheel could rotate and retract, and the hose pipes from brake
flexibles, would just flex. (Difficult to make this light enough, I
imagine.)

Brian W


I kinda suspect it would take a LOT more fluid flow than a brake master
could deliver - and a lot of pressure too.