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> It follows that an instructor who is to act as P1 may not be able
>to do so in an aircraft without such access. For example, if foot-operated
>brakes were fitted to one side only on a Trigear with a freely-castoring
>nosewheel, a pilot occupying the other seat may not have complete control of
>the aircraft on the ground.
>
>Of course, the instructor could occupy the left-hand seat, but may not then
>be happy to conduct a complete checkout or conversion to type.
Quite so. The best plan would be to convert the brakes to hand operated,
using two fingers of the throttle hand to operate the two levers. Have a
look at a BanBi, There is at least one Europa using this system,in the UK I
believe and even Ivan Shaw was impressed. He used it on the Liberty.
Graham
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