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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:38 am Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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Did anyone else at the LAA Rally notice the Beringer wheel & brake upgrade kit for the Europa monowheel? What do you think of it?
It promises to save 4kg and allow use of a tubeless tyre while improving braking and saving maintenance costs. It looks very smart in red-anodized aluminium. The flyer sheet says it uses DOT4 fluid and quotes 1429 euro for the complete kit including tyre and master cylinder with parking brake.
I can't find more than a passing mention of it on their website:
http://www.beringer.fr/aero.php
The UK distributor for Beringer is Pioneer Aircraft Ltd:
http://www.pioneer.aero/
but they only have a link to the Beringer website.
While it looks very nice, I don't think I want to spend that much just now. Still, it's good to know that despite so many builders converting to trigear, some third parties think the monowheel is worth supporting.
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Rowland
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:12 am Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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On 10 Sep 2012, at 16:37, Rowland Carson wrote:
| Quote: | Did anyone else at the LAA Rally notice the Beringer wheel & brake upgrade kit for the Europa monowheel?
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Answering my own post .... I made a query on the Beringer website and have just received the response:
"The full technical data is not available yet, this kit is brand new will be available for sale beginning of October.
The master cylinder is not in the tunnel but on the stick with an integrated reservoir and a parking pin.
Wheel-brake-tyre-Axle are changed as well as the brake lines.
A pressure limiter is included in the kit."
I can see pros & cons for the master cylinder mounted on the stick. Anyone else like the sound of it?
in friendship
Rowland
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rlborger(at)mac.com
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:38 am Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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Rowland,
FWIW, I had about 4 hours and a dozen takeoffs/landings with my monowheel set up with the brake on the control column. I liked far better than the tunnel mounted hand brake. Left hand could hold the tail down and hold the brake for runup freeing the right hand for throttle, ignition check, etc. My brake master had a parking brake feature that used a cam to lock the squeeze on the brake handle. I imagine it's about the same on the one you describe. taxiing with 3 fingers on the column and 1 finger on the brake lever was easy and the brake easy to modulate that way. Same for takeoff. Taxi into position. One finger holds the brake while the power comes on, release the finger and away you go. On landing you simply keep all fingers off the brake lever till you have slowed sufficiently to apply the brake. Again, it just takes a single finger moved from the column to the brake lever for braking. I found that the best location for the lever was clocked over to about the 1:30 position on the column.
I posted an album in my section on the EuropaOwners.org site documenting the trials and tribulations of my installation (Mods and other hardware things). I would bet that the installation you are looking at would be much easier and more complete.
Hope this helps.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop.
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger(at)mac.com
On Sep 10, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson(at)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10 Sep 2012, at 16:37, Rowland Carson wrote:
| Quote: | Did anyone else at the LAA Rally notice the Beringer wheel & brake upgrade kit for the Europa monowheel?
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Answering my own post .... I made a query on the Beringer website and have just received the response:
"The full technical data is not available yet, this kit is brand new will be available for sale beginning of October.
The master cylinder is not in the tunnel but on the stick with an integrated reservoir and a parking pin.
Wheel-brake-tyre-Axle are changed as well as the brake lines.
A pressure limiter is included in the kit."
I can see pros & cons for the master cylinder mounted on the stick. Anyone else like the sound of it?
in friendship
Rowland
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:03 am Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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Hi All,
I give to Beringer a complete fork caliper and wheel of monowheel 3 month ago.
They work on this subject now I come to Gap this week and give a news to the forum.
Michel AUVRAY
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From: Rowland Carson (rowlandcarson(at)gmail.com)
Date: 2012-09-10 17:37
To: Europa e-mail list list (europa-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel
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Did anyone else at the LAA Rally notice the Beringer wheel & brake upgrade kit for the Europa monowheel? What do you think of it?
It promises to save 4kg and allow use of a tubeless tyre while improving braking and saving maintenance costs. It looks very smart in red-anodized aluminium. The flyer sheet says it uses DOT4 fluid and quotes 1429 euro for the complete kit including tyre and master cylinder with parking brake.
I can't find more than a passing mention of it on their website:
http://www.beringer.fr/aero.php
The UK distributor for Beringer is Pioneer Aircraft Ltd:
http://www.pioneer.aero/
but they only have a link to the Beringer website.
While it looks very nice, I don't think I want to spend that much just now. Still, it's good to know that despite so many builders converting to trigear, some third parties think the monowheel is worth supporting.
in friendship
Rowland
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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4 kg saved by redesigning the wheel and brake? Really? That sounds like a lot to me.
Kevin
On Sep 10, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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Did anyone else at the LAA Rally notice the Beringer wheel & brake upgrade kit for the Europa monowheel? What do you think of it?
It promises to save 4kg and allow use of a tubeless tyre while improving braking and saving maintenance costs. It looks very smart in red-anodized aluminium. The flyer sheet says it uses DOT4 fluid and quotes 1429 euro for the complete kit including tyre and master cylinder with parking brake.
I can't find more than a passing mention of it on their website:
http://www.beringer.fr/aero.php
The UK distributor for Beringer is Pioneer Aircraft Ltd:
http://www.pioneer.aero/
but they only have a link to the Beringer website.
While it looks very nice, I don't think I want to spend that much just now. Still, it's good to know that despite so many builders converting to trigear, some third parties think the monowheel is worth supporting.
in friendship
Rowland
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:52 am Post subject: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
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Rowland
I have just spoken to Brad at Pioneer and he confirms the weight
saving, so I have decided to "invest" in 4kg, based on the fact that I
will need all the weight saving I can get when I eventually fit the MG
wings. He also said that Francis/LAA had assured them they would be
looking favourably on the Mod application for the change on the basis
that the parts were essentially an upgrade from the Europa OEM parts.
I had also bought the MDO brake lever with DOT seals that goes with
the MOD Ian referenced, and so will be selling that (unused) on the
Club Website as soon as the Beringer kit arrives......together I guess
with the original, unused wheel, calipers, master cylinder etc etc...
Richard C-C
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