CH pedals brake spring increase

Gentlemen, 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? TIA.. Phillip..

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 screw 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 \ || ___|__||_____

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| _|_ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | # | | | | | -#- --- | | # |

---#---------- \ elastic and from the side: brake pedal base plate / / ++++++++++#/ \ | /# /------|-| / # | +++++++++++ # <- elastic \-------------# | cord works pretty well :-) Lio

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

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>> 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