Airplanes and Brakes?

"BT" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't I
turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi anyway
since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)

You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?

Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)

After landing one gets out, waits for the tow vehicle (in our case a
riding lawn mower) and someone has to pick up the low wing and level it
and then walk alongside the glider while mower pulls the glider along.
Steering is by walking faster or slower than the mower. It's a grass
strip so trying to manually move the glider more than a few dozen feet
is a chore. This is the field:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie...16522&t=h&z=17

Jim Logajan wrote in
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"BT" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't I
turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi anyway
since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)

You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?

Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)


he meant rolling it to the tiedown after touchdown..



Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote in
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"BT" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't I
turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi anyway
since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)

You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?

Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)


he meant rolling it to the tiedown after touchdown..

Ah - I misunderstood - no. See, there is this shallow drainage ditch in the
grass between the tie down area and the landing field that would make for
some nasty pranging at anything above walking speed. Plus the tow plane is
typically too close to the tie down area to do that safely.

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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote in
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"BT" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't
I turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi
anyway since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)

You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?

Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)


he meant rolling it to the tiedown after touchdown..

Ah - I misunderstood - no. See, there is this shallow drainage ditch
in the grass between the tie down area and the landing field that
would make for some nasty pranging at anything above walking speed.
Plus the tow plane is typically too close to the tie down area to do
that safely.


Yeah, it's not something you can do just anywhere!


Bertie

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| Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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| "BT" wrote:
| "Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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| So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't
| I turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi
| anyway since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)
|
| You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?
|
| Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
| because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
| It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)
|
|
| he meant rolling it to the tiedown after touchdown..
|
| Ah - I misunderstood - no. See, there is this shallow drainage ditch
| in the grass between the tie down area and the landing field that
| would make for some nasty pranging at anything above walking speed.
| Plus the tow plane is typically too close to the tie down area to do
| that safely.
|
|
| Yeah, it's not something you can do just anywhere!
|
|
| Bertie