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Setting up two throttles

PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:47 pm
by Mbiseli
I am building a sonex trainer, and would like to set up two throttles. One on the left side using the sonex throttle quadrant and a push pull throttle in the center. I talked to sonex when I got the sonex throttle, they said it was easy to do. Has any one done this and how did they do it?

Re: Setting up two throttles

PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:36 pm
by kmacht
I would suggest calling sonex and asking. The plane they use for transition training has a dual throttle setup. I thing it was as simple as hooking a normal push/pull throttle to the arm of the sonex quadrant and running the cable to the other side of the cockpit.
Keith

Re: Setting up two throttles

PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:41 pm
by Rynoth
I'm pretty sure the factory Sonex sport trainer has dual throttles, you can see them in the "turbo time" video, the black knob on the right side. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3AmNn5CtY

Re: Setting up two throttles

PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:23 pm
by Bryan Cotton
I had a good look at the Sonex dual throttle setup and talked to Joe about it. This was earlier in the year at the workshop I went to. The primary throttle is on a quadrant on the left. The secondary throttle is on the far right, it loops around in a generous radius under the panel/tank and connects to the quadrant. Simple and elegant.