I only use mine if I park on a sloped ramp. It gives me time to get
out and put the chocks down. How can you get out and put the chocks on
if the plane is rolling? You can take it off once the chocks are I'm
place.
Larry Snyder
Washington, Missouri
N99340
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:41 PM, "texasaviator" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I am currenly rebuilding a coupe's panel and wondering about the hand
brake.
I have a foot brake that I step on when landing and doing run-ups.
This hydraulic brake has a cable that runs up behind the panel to the
hand brake, so it is really hydraulic, not mechanical.
Since I am doing nothing special with my feet during run-up I use the
foot brake for this.
I am not supposed to put on the hand brake, get out of the coupe to
hand prop it. Tempting as it may be, that is dangerous.
If I leave it parked with the hand brake on it will bleed through
after a while and not be effective and may even mess up my brakes in
the process if my return spring is weak.
I have chocks and tie-downs for parking.
The hand brake takes up panel space, adds a little weight and over
the last 10 years has not been of much use for anything.
I don't even hang my cell phone on it.
So why put it back?...
Anybody have any good reasosn why I should have it?
Alan fairclough.
n87333
