Hi Myron, I am unsure what you are building, I would be very nervous about having hydraulic disk brakes on a tail dragger.
I previously flew a Luton Minor which was significantly longer than a KR, and the wheels were further forward. I had pretty weak cable operated drum brakes, but I could still manage to get the tail to lift if I applied them at much more than 10mph. Scary The tail dragger KR CG is so close to the front wheel line that with too powerful brakes, you have a potential disaster waiting to happen. In my opinion, brakes on a KR are safe for use in taxiing and not much more, so cable drums are a safer option. Pete Myron (Dan) Freeman wrote: > Hi guy's; > > I've been researching hydraulic brakes for the KR to use with the Diehl gear > legs. I searched the archives, not much help except brand names and it looks > like Ken Brock is out of business so I guess that leaves Cleveland and Matco > and as I recall most of you are using 5" wheels and brakes. So is there an > overwhelming preference for one or the other? I've got the R/R mechanical > shoe brakes, tires and wheels now but I might be able to use the 3:40/3:00 x > 5 tires and wheels over, I don't know. Your thoughts will be appreciated. >
