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Hey everyone, Jason Schappert here of MzeroA.com flying
the airplane that kind of started it all for MzeroA.com over a decade ago
that is 512 Romeo
Viewing my touchdown point for runway 14. Carb heat and power is coming back
"Radio"
For 5, I'm turning my base for 14 now. Williston traffic
512 Romeo is turning left base runway 14 full stop.
Williston. Turn this on in here now. I want
to show you something a little different. I had a scenario happen to me about 3 or 4 years ago
where I was flying an RG airplane, about to taxi out,
everything was great. And all of a sudden as I was
about to bring the, just took off, I went to tap the brakes
and the brakes went to the floor and I had no brakes. Now the airport I was going
to ended up having 8,000 feet of runway, so I wasn't too terribly worried
about it, but.."Radio"
"And Williston traffic, Cessna 512 Romeo is turning final runway 14
Williston Traffic." And it brought up an interesting point
that when I told the story that people wondered what would happen if I landed the airplane without any
brakes? Well, that's exactly what I'm going show you here today. I am final
for 14, I'm going to come in a little bit faster
than normal, just 10 knots faster, nothing major, get my last
knots of flaps, and when I touch down I'm going to not
touch the brakes. I'm just going to let the airplane roll. Honestly, if you're flying
a taildragger airplane off the grass, this is what you do most of the time, so you just let the
airplane roll. So I'm going to show you what it's like to just let that airplane
roll and see how the airplane naturally wants to come to a stop
if it's at idle, assuming you're properly at idle, absolutely on it's own.
"Radio"
Now we're coming on in, runway is ours, everyone is out of the way
power is back to idle,
a good little gust there, and setting her down
real nice and just letting it roll. I'm not gonna touch the breaks. I'm not even touching
the flaps, I'm just gonna let it roll. And you can see
when I was landing with no brakes my greatest challenge wasn't stopping the airplane
my greatest challenge with no brakes was finding how to clear and get
off the runway because you don't realize that little bit of brake you use, but as
you can see we are slowing down, we're coming to a stop here, the airplane
naturally is going to slow down, don't let it
an issue like not having brakes become an issue. Honestly, if you're really
getting in a jam, I'm gonna grab the brakes here now
If you're really getting in a jam you can add a little drag to the equation there too by opening
up a door. Again, it seems like such a simple, such an easy video, but you'll be thankful
next time you practice such a thing. Just land long one day
and let it roll. It's better for your brakes that way anyways.
I can't wait to read your comments below this video on Facebook, on Youtube, on MzeroA.com
enjoy the rest of your day and most importantly remember: A good pilot is always learning.
Have a great day guys. We'll see you.
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