(Other than) toe brake types?
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(Other than) toe brake types?
Hi All,
A question for the PP collective minds.
I'm interested to find any OZ and NZ registered types that do not use toe brakes.
From a search I found the early Tecman models used a park brake.
From memory, the nanchang and yak52. I vaguely remember something different about the Chipmunk brakes.
And obviously, anything with straight floats/skids
Any additions to the list would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance
AF
A question for the PP collective minds.
I'm interested to find any OZ and NZ registered types that do not use toe brakes.
From a search I found the early Tecman models used a park brake.
From memory, the nanchang and yak52. I vaguely remember something different about the Chipmunk brakes.
And obviously, anything with straight floats/skids
Any additions to the list would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance
AF
Chippy has a hand brake. partial application of the hand brake + rudder deflection gives partial braking on that side if I remember correctly (it must be 10 years since I last flew one).
Auster has heel brakes but only a couple of hours and many moons ago, so scant memory of how effective they might have been. Certainly, not very effective once Bloggs has lost it and you have commenced swapping ends
Auster has heel brakes but only a couple of hours and many moons ago, so scant memory of how effective they might have been. Certainly, not very effective once Bloggs has lost it and you have commenced swapping ends
Austers had heel brakes. That's right, you pushed on the little brake pedals with your heels. Not too bad until one heel slipped off the tiny little bugger!! Still and all, the aircraft had a fail safe - the brakes were not at all effective so you didn't lose much when you slipped off one.
Liberty / Discovery XL2 has "finger" brakes. You need man hands to operate them. Later models have toe brakes.
Tripacer had a hand brake only, as did early Cherokees, Cessna Airmaster had dual handbrakes (only 4 hands required in a crosswind), Austers (and lots of others of that era) had heel brakes only, and Doves had a yoke-mounted lever that applied pneumatic pressure to the brake on the side of the deflected rudder.
Toe-brakes are a luxury, but I think they might just catch on.
Toe-brakes are a luxury, but I think they might just catch on.
Airtourer only has a handbrake.
I note that the original question was related to the use of toe brakes, not whether a type had them or not.
I don't use the toe brakes on a Pitts.
I note that the original question was related to the use of toe brakes, not whether a type had them or not.
I don't use the toe brakes on a Pitts.
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Went backwards in an Auster once into a steaming headwind, full flap, I think the Stall speed was about 28 knots?
Oh how I hated those heel brakes, but soft Pommy grass can be quite forgiving so I always looked like I knew what I was doing with my shiny new PPL and 45 hours!
Oh how I hated those heel brakes, but soft Pommy grass can be quite forgiving so I always looked like I knew what I was doing with my shiny new PPL and 45 hours!
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One of the Robins used as a glider tug at the Gliding centre in Hokkaido has only a handbrake.
So used to it now that I actually prefer flying that particular aircraft. It handles better as well!
Also once flew a Super cub that had heel brakes.
So used to it now that I actually prefer flying that particular aircraft. It handles better as well!
Also once flew a Super cub that had heel brakes.
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and Doves had a yoke-mounted lever that applied pneumatic pressure to the brake
