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Old 05-09-2013, 03:44 PM
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Greg---keep your chin up. NOTHING is impossible. In fact, there are alot of smart guys and gals on this forum. I'm confident that a solution can be found.
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Old 05-09-2013, 04:40 PM
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Hi Greg,

Sorry to hear of your accident!! I sure like to tone in your voice!! I might be a neighbor.... let me know if I can do anything to help!!

Greg
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Old 05-09-2013, 05:08 PM
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....What Brantel said.
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Old 05-09-2013, 06:54 PM
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Hey Greg,i heard about your accident from the guys at hawkins co,glad you are doing better,i base my 7 at flaglor field and also fly a 9 thats based there.I am a cfi if you want a safety pilot when you test drive your mods,or i can help make the mods if you need the help,glad you still have the desire to fly,aint nothin like it!Especially in a homemade airplane!You might consider a cable and 2 pulleys to link the rudder pedals together and maybe toe straps as someone else suggested?If you want to discuss it call me at 423-736-0265 or email at flyer7174@gmail.com Bob Dougherty.
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Old 05-09-2013, 07:30 PM
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Tell your father-in-law to go to **** (nicely) and keep doing as you're doing, looking at ways to enjoy your flying.

There's a bloke flying around Australia right now who is a quadriplegic. Not a PARAplegic, a QUADriplegic. He is in a Jabiru 230 that has been modified, so the -9A is certainly doable.

There was an article in an old RVator about a pilot who modded his RV as he had very limited power in one leg, so he built a bellcrank setup to push one rudder pdeal when the other was pulled, got dual brake master cylinders installed on levers behind the throttle on the centre console, and went to the FAA for a Statement of Defined Ability.

If you can't find it, I'll have a look through my collection when I get to work, it is certainly in one of the newer "online versions", entitled "SODA PILOT".

Chin up, and with the combined brainpower of VAFers, you'll be flying again soon.
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Old 05-09-2013, 07:49 PM
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Sorry to hear about your accident.

You will fly! If Jessica Cox can do it with no arms, you can do it with a bum leg:

http://youtu.be/b2IqpPSF9-U

Go do it!

Good luck.
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Old 05-09-2013, 09:32 PM
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Greg, here is the link to the RVator story about Carl Bell and how me modified his RV-7. It has some nice photos.

http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/R...010-RVator.pdf

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Old 05-09-2013, 09:33 PM
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Greg, the article I mentioned is in the 6-2010 edition of the RVator, available for download as a *.PDF HERE. The builder in question is Carl Bell, I dunno if he's on the forums here, but if you can track him down, I'm sure he'll give you plenty of support. RVators seem to be like that.

All the best.
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Old 05-10-2013, 04:41 AM
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I have the answer for you. Study these pictures from a gent with an amputated left leg. This design is really flawless and I gave him transition training.

He mounted his throttle on the left and uses the two brake levers on the console for differential braking.

He made this stirrup to hook his right toe under and pull for left rudder since he fabbed a bellcrank system (shown) that connects the two rudder bars,







The hand brakes were routed through the passenger pedals, then to the pilot side and he has flown this airplane to California, from South Carolina and to the Northeast.

Call me for contact info: 478 494 three 7 five 7.

Yes, you can keep on flying, my friend.

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Old 05-10-2013, 04:54 AM
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Pierre,

Great post!
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