Removing brakes
- Thread starter Kimo
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z987k
Well-Known Member
You don't really need them anyways.
SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
Keep em depressed during the flare and touchdown for optimal short field performance. Amirite????
gotWXdagain
Polished Member
It's even more efficient to set the parking brake during the before landing flow.
tcco94
Future GTA VI Pilot
Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling. "Don't ride the brakes"...never uses brakes....
Almosts blows past run up area "Use your brakes to come to a stop!".....uses brakes entire taxi next time.
Lands off centerline...uses differential braking going 50 knots....almost loses control...."What are you doing "...no reply.
Almosts blows past run up area "Use your brakes to come to a stop!".....uses brakes entire taxi next time.
Lands off centerline...uses differential braking going 50 knots....almost loses control...."What are you doing "...no reply.
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Flight instructing was really fun... For about a year. After that, I was so ready to do something else.
tcco94
Future GTA VI Pilot
5 months in but who's counting the time to their departure....
thevideographer
Well-Known Member
I miss it. But instructing in a tailwheel must be terrifying. How did people ever learn to fly before tricycles?
esa17
Well-Known Member
You either got the hang of it quickly or you hit the softest, least expensive thing possible.
z987k
Well-Known Member
On grass. It's very forgiving.
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
This. I was learning in a SuperCub with fat Tundra tires. Grass was so easy to land on.
Then we did some landings on pavement at AQO. (Also has a grass strip.) Good Lord I wanted to go back to grass in a hurry.
drunkenbeagle
Gang Member
We don't use the brakes. They conveniently aren't usually working anyway.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
Sounds like you should be teaching in something with straight floats. They don't have brakes anyway.
A150K
Well-Known Member
I instructed for 3.5 years an finally got to that point after the last year of that teaching international students.
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Deleted member 27505
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My generalized, all purpose rule for flight instruction... and flying in general... and probably life in general... "Just when you have the urge to do something, DON'T DO ANYTHING!" Generally speaking, for the general masses (and the Generals) this rule works really well.
WS
Well-Known Member
I used to love it when students would ride the brakes during the takeoff roll. Then those same students wouldn't use them at all after landing and try to make a taxiway doing like 40 kts. I'm not talking initial PPL students either. That's what happens when a flight student has never operated machinery more complicated than a bicycle!