Airplanes and Brakes?

Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
How about you? If you had to pay for the brakes, tires, and
maintenance, would YOU beat up the airplane?

Now that I have to pay for my own brakes, I hardly ever use them. Back in
my Cessna days, I'd occasionally have to use them to tighten a turn during
taxi (thanks to Cessna's bungee arrangement). With the Piper's direct
linkage, I almost never use them for taxi. On landing, traffic permitting,
I just let the plane roll out and slow down on its own. The only exception
to that would be when landing at short backcountry strips. Most don't afford
the luxury of a long roll out.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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On Sep 15, 4:35*pm, "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote:
Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:

How about you? If you had to pay for the brakes, tires, and
maintenance, would YOU beat up the airplane?

* Now that I have to pay for my own brakes, I hardly ever use them. *Back in
my Cessna days, I'd occasionally have to use them to tighten a turn during
taxi (thanks to Cessna's bungee arrangement). *With the Piper's direct
linkage, I almost never use them for taxi. * On landing, traffic permitting,
I just let the plane roll out and slow down on its own. *The only exception
to that would be when landing at short backcountry strips. *Most don't afford
the luxury of a long roll out.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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John
Certainly we use heaving braking from time to time and especially in
the back country strips but even then the gravel doesn't help much? I
think I learned a lot about braking while flying off short strips in
the Amazon as well as in the Idaho Primitive back before it got named
the Frank Church wilderness. Come to think of it, lots of time
operating off 1200' dirt strips while crop dusting and didn't use
brakes that much.
Best Regards
Ol S&B