[NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

[billglaze]

The brake we used, very successfully, was a wire attached to the control 
horn that joined the two elevator halves.  It was invented by Howard Bonner, 
as I recall.  Full up elevator would project the wire into the rubber of the 
tailwheel, stopping it from turning, and the resultant drag would, with 
proper low speed on the engine, stop the airplane.  Simple, and very 
effective.  It was necessary on the paved runways we used on the West Coast 
to stop the craft.  Since I've moved East, I've seldom flown off anything 
but grass; no problem stopping on grass runways.
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Lowe" <jonlowe at aol.com>
To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year


> Unfortunately, I'm old enough to remember the "brake of the week" to 
> successfully complete the taxi back to hanger maneuver.  There were 
> actually drum brakes with phenolic brake shoes available that worked about 
> as well as you'd expect on a nose wheel soaked by oil from fuel.  Later 
> came partially self actuating springs wrapped around a drum turned by the 
> nose wheel, pulled on by a piece of monofilament fishing line actuated by 
> the elevator servo on down elevator.  By the time I first flew pattern, 
> that "maneuver" was thankfully gone.
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> Speaking of old manuevers, at one time a power dive was in the pattern 
> sequence.  Yep, a straight down dive under full power, sort of the 
> opposite of the vertical line on center in the current sportsman routine. 
> More than a few airplanes met their maker with elevator flutter ripping 
> off the tail.
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> Now remember, I was born very young, so all of this happened when I was 
> about -10 years old, and Ron was already about 50!
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> Jon Lowe
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> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 6:21 pm
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year
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> Yeah, and the landing and taxi back to the box were scored too.  That was 
> right after dirt was invented, but before the round wheel was invented.
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> Ron VP
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