Wow! I've never seen a Ercoupe with factory brakes that could flat spot an inner tube....let alone the tire. Dan C
On May 17, 2010, at 10:07 PM, William R. Bayne wrote: > > Hi Prof. Ed, > > Your G model has a Forney trim unit...not the "Airliner quadrant" (with > throttle and trim handles) that was introduced with with the 415-D model. > It's quite possible that your "parking brake" is also non-standard. In any > event, Dan has the "factory" arrangement installed in over 4,000 415-C > models; and it was designed for such use (when properly adjusted). It can be > applied as you describe, too. > > The panel-mounted hand brake was routinely used by Fred Weick to shorten his > landing roll. He would "pre-set" it a certain number of clicks (almost > certainly worked out by trial and error for his particular installation as > adjusted with coordinated brake master cylinder action). He told a story of > setting it too tight once when landing on pavement at College Station (after > leaving ERCO) one day after buying new tires, and immediately flat-spotted > them (to his considerable surprise, dismay and disappointment). > > Regards, > > WRB > > -- > > On May 17, 2010, at 21:19, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> Dan. >> That's not how my parking brake works. >> After stopping my plane. >> I press on the brake pedal while pulling on the parking brake. >> Then it will hold the plane in place until I release the parking brake >> Just like a cessna 150 or 172 , Etc. >> Prof. Ed
