In our case, there was a small crack starting on one of the rudder pedals at
the weld. The area actually looked slightly compressed as though it had been
squeezed in a vise. Still, it would have taken a mighty heavy foot to
actually break it. I suspect a vertical nose down landing, ouch, would have
accomplished that. I wish we could have just welded on a reinforcing plate,
like they did on the new pedals, to solve the problem because the new pedals
are narrower and much more uncomfortable to use.

Doug

"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
oups.com...
I suspect I
could beat the old pedals with a hammer for a few hours with no ill
effect.

In an accident, like a high speed ground-loop, the pilot may end up
more or less standing on the rudder pedals. I have seen cracked rudder
pedals where there was no damage to the nose of the
glider.......................I suspect this was the issue that lead to
this AD.
JJ