Thanks, great tip, I also found a squash ball of little use. I'll try
it immediately when I get home, I'll let you know the results!
Andre
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:08:41 +0100, Liutger Franzen
>> I've decided to use my CH Propedals with my LWFF for GPL again,
>> after trying them before and not being able to "feel" the brakes properly.
>> The throttle is really good with much more range than the Logi pedals, but
>> the brake pedal needs to be MUCH harder. I have heard of using a squash ball
>> under the brake, but doubt if this would give the stiffness I crave
>> oooo-errrr!). But seriously, have any of you "mechanics" out there modified
>> the CH pedals to increase the stiffness of the brake pedal, and if so how?
>i tried a squash-ball first, but could not fix it good enough. so I did
>the following:
> - remove the brake pedal plate
> - attach a big elastic (one to use with preserving jars) to the
> ***on the heel end
> - put on the plate
> - attach the other end of the elastic to a cord, which goes around
> the whole base and is tied to the base of the brake pedal itself
>looks like this from top (attention: bad ascii-art ;-) ):
> || <- joystick cord
> cord \ ||
> ___|__||_____
> | _|_ ___ |
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | | # | | | |
> | -#- --- |
> | # |
> ---#----------
> \
> elastic
>and from the side:
> brake pedal base plate
> / /
> ++++++++++#/
> \ | /#
> /------|-| / #
> | +++++++++++ # <- elastic
> \-------------#
> |
> cord
>works pretty well :-)
>Lio
