Wheel brakes

Be carefull what you ask for. Once you get an effective brake installed you will be complaining about having to repeatedly repairing the scuffed gelcoat under the nose because you keep overbraking.

wrote, On 7/31/2013 1:52 PM:
Be carefull what you ask for. Once you get an effective brake
installed you will be complaining about having to repeatedly
repairing the scuffed gelcoat under the nose because you keep
overbraking.

One time and you learn your lesson, and most people learn quicker than
that. I did! Ask for good brakes! No more ballistic landings! Life is
better when you can stop.

And the next great thing... a steerable tailwheel! I have one on my
motorglider, and if I ever went back to a toad glider, I'd REALLY want
one on it, too. No more ballistic takeoffs and landings! Life is better
when you can steer where you want to go. Even downwind landings can be
done better.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

Originally Posted by Eric Greenwell[_4_]

And the next great thing... a steerable tailwheel! I have one on my
motorglider, and if I ever went back to a toad glider, I'd REALLY want
one on it, too. No more ballistic takeoffs and landings! Life is better
when you can steer where you want to go. Even downwind landings can be
done better.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

Sorry...sorta off topic post.

Hmmm...the HP-18 had one of those! I think it was a matter of getting more aerodynamically clean that takes the steerable tailwheel off most designs. If faired, how much drag could it mean?

Brad A.
HP-18 S/N: 20