Having just this morning looked at the Brake System at the course in Agusta Philadelphia,
I can just say a few things . . . . .
- Always chock the wheels
- Agusta guarantees that the accumulators will hold pressure for ZERO time
- No, pumping the brakes doesn't help
- The average time I have seen the brakes hold has been around 5 hours, no more, and this comes from flying at least 5 different A109E in the last couple of years.
- Yes there have been several incidents with aircraft rolling off
- And if the aircraft ever starts rolling off when shut down, an easy way to stop it would be break the little wire and lower the landing gear to the emergency down position, that WILL stop it, of course maintenance action will be required but, no more than having the aircraft going into a ditch.
Last edited by BlenderPilot; 13th Feb 2009 at 04:30.