I believe that hand brake is from a cherokee and they work great as a parking brake. Probably just needs a little maint and the good thing is the parts are easily available and most A&Ps are familiar with them.
IMHO Bill To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:20:09 +0000 Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Foot Brake with ERCO rudder pedals? Besides my wonky cowling, there's only one other thing I don't like about my coupe. The hand brake. Someone installed a Piper hand brake (quite a bit of engineering on the 337) that works OK for braking but makes a lousy parking brake. It pops off and bleeds down at the worst possible times and I've caught the airplane rolling a couple times. "Just hold the brake", right? Well, I try to whenever I run up, but sometimes I need a third hand to do everything at once. A foot brake would be sooooo much nicer-- one foot on the brake and two free hands. I notice that most Erco rudder coupes seem to have the foot brake removed, either because it interferes with the rudder controls or because it is in a bad location to get one's foot off the rudder and under to the brake. Does anyone still have a foot brake with rudder pedals, or has anyone installed a different single-brake system that works well with Erco rudder pedals installed? Thanks, Dave _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/
