vontresc wrote:


Heheh all this talk about overly complex brakes makes me happy to have
the flintstone brakes on my Ka-6. Simple piece of sheetmetal that gets
pulled over the wheel, and It works. I haven't landed out in it yet,
but the combo of full top and bottom surface brakes, plus the wheel
brake make it stop in a pretty small area.

Be *really* careful landing on a wet or damp runway. Water is a
wonderful lubricant between tire tread and sheet metal. Your "pretty
small area" will slide by in a flash! Been there, did that, fortunately
stopped short of the fence near the end of the runway. When it was dry,
it did an excellent job.

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