Anyone that would ruin a perfectly good Debonair with a heavy, smelly
turboprop conversion deserves whatever they get. <g>
Steve G.
Fred Fillinger wrote:
>
> Thomas Scherer wrote (in part) --
>
> > I don't feel this would be too much of a danger as you still
> > have one more brake and - if you're fast - the effect of the
> > rudder or - if you're slow - the tendency of the nosewheel to
> > track.
> >
> > It happened to me again and I had no problem stopping.
>
> I agree generally with your conclusions (have AA-5
> with free-castering nosewheel), but I was thinking
> as long as I haven't installed the lines yet, is
> there a better way....
>
> I also have a dual-valve parking brake.
>
> Story: I was parked on a crowded ramp, with
> parking brake set (no chocks to be found). One
> side decided to stop working (mechanical
> arrangement). When a wind gust arrived, I sat
> helplessly in the restaurant as I watched my bird
> pirouette on one wheel and stop inches from a
> Beech Debonair with a PT-6 turboprop and fresh
> poly paint. Ya' never know, but people like that
> can really get mad when you prang their airplane!
>
> Regards,
> Fred Fillinger, N3EU
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