Brakes?

William Hung wrote:
On Feb 10, 11:25 am, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
"William Hung" wrote in message

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I just recently reallized that these even came with parking brakes.
lol My CFI never pointed them out to me and I never really noticed.
Did your CFI also fail to point out the POH, or did you just never notice it
existed as well?

I have the POH for it, C150/2, but haven't really gotten into it yet.
Unlike many here, I'm very new at this Steven.

I don't have as much to contribute, but at the same time I like to be
in the conversation if that's not too much to ask. Perhaps I should
wait until I get my CFII, ATP, 747 rating or an astronauts license
before I can join all you guys? lol

Wil

No but you should take time to read the POH. It ain't that long.

William,

I just recently reallized that these even came with parking brakes.
lol My CFI never pointed them out to me and I never really noticed.


Sorry, but not funny. And don't misunderstand people here, they mean
well with you. Because, if you only ever do, think and understand what
your CFI points out, you're an accident waiting to happen. You need to
take the initiative and learn for yourself. Besides, if your CFI
doesn't make you read the POH before you fly the plane, you might just
need a new one.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

William,

I just recently reallized that these even came with parking brakes.
lol My CFI never pointed them out to me and I never really noticed.


Sorry, but not funny. And don't misunderstand people here, they mean
well with you. Because, if you only ever do, think and understand what
your CFI points out, you're an accident waiting to happen. You need to
take the initiative and learn for yourself. Besides, if your CFI
doesn't make you read the POH before you fly the plane, you might just
need a new one.


POH or instructor?


Bertie

Bertie,

POH or instructor?


the latter

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Feb 10, 1:18*pm, Thomas Borchert
wrote:
William,

I just recently reallized that these even came with parking brakes.
lol *My CFI never pointed them out to me and I never really noticed.

Sorry, but not funny. And don't misunderstand people here, they mean
well with you. Because, if you only ever do, think and understand what
your CFI points out, you're an accident waiting to happen. You need to
take the initiative and learn for yourself. Besides, if your CFI
doesn't make you read the POH before you fly the plane, you might just
need a new one.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I'm laughing, but rest assured, I'm heading the warnings by Steven and
the rest at the same time. I do appreciate the inputs from everyone.

Wil

"William Hung" wrote in message
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I just recently reallized that these even came with parking brakes.
lol My CFI never pointed them out to me and I never really noticed.

It's right next to the ejection seat handle...

...

They're hardly ever used in Cessnas and so some people make a habit of just
blowing past it on the checklists. If you're ever trying to taxi for
takeoff, though, and for some reason the plane won't move easily or it keeps
pulling to one direction, remember the parking brake. If that happens,
bring the throttle to idle and engage and release the parking brake a couple
of times; sometimes they stick. Pretty rare, but if you rent for two or
three hundred hours you might see it happen.

Always note it doing your checklists, though, because if you don't have far
to taxi you might not notice it until you're on your takeoff roll.

-c

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:39:06 -0800 (PST), WingFlaps wrote:

Simple question, when refuelling should brakes be on or off (for a
light plane)? I've been told both answers with logical reasons for
both. What should I do???

One day as a student I went out to preflight the airplane before the
instructor came out.

I saw the parking brake and realized I'd never operated it before so I gave
it a good pull. Well, it worked find... but it also wouldn't release.

The instructor came out and we worked on trying to get it to release for 45
minutes. The lesson I took from that experience was, never use the damn
thing unless you absolutely have to.


--
Dallas

In article ,
Dallas wrote:

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:39:06 -0800 (PST), WingFlaps wrote:

Simple question, when refuelling should brakes be on or off (for a
light plane)? I've been told both answers with logical reasons for
both. What should I do???

One day as a student I went out to preflight the airplane before the
instructor came out.

I saw the parking brake and realized I'd never operated it before so I gave
it a good pull. Well, it worked find... but it also wouldn't release.

The instructor came out and we worked on trying to get it to release for 45
minutes. The lesson I took from that experience was, never use the damn
thing unless you absolutely have to.

Most of them are simply a pair of valves to retain the pressure in the
brake lines. You hit the brakes, pull the parking brake cable and that's
all.

To release the parking brake, all you have to do is tap the brakes to
release the valves.

--
Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.

Dallas,

The lesson I took from that experience was, never use the damn
thing unless you absolutely have to.


It should have been: Use only aircraft with decently designed parking
brakes.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dallas wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:39:06 -0800 (PST), WingFlaps wrote:

Simple question, when refuelling should brakes be on or off (for a
light plane)? I've been told both answers with logical reasons for
both. What should I do???

One day as a student I went out to preflight the airplane before the
instructor came out.

I saw the parking brake and realized I'd never operated it before so I gave
it a good pull. Well, it worked find... but it also wouldn't release.

The instructor came out and we worked on trying to get it to release for 45
minutes. The lesson I took from that experience was, never use the damn
thing unless you absolutely have to.



You learned the wrong lesson. Let me ask. If you ever had trouble
starting an airplane would have given up on any planes but gliders.