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  1. danny_galaga
    Cables, with a springy connecty thing. I guess for damping of major directional shifts. Also allows the wheel to swivel backwards when pushing. Bit of a pain, mind . The brakes are more or less hydraulically sound. Issue is I can't reach the right hand toe pedal. Hence I'm basically only turning left 😄 I've got a tip from a fellow Bushcat owner, and he's done what I've been thinking - bolting a rubber door stop to the toe brake pedal. This is more or less the one. A matco https://matcoals.com/product/tailwheel-dual-fork-8-pneu/ Anyway, this thread is more about showing him off (all my cars have been a 'he' for ever. So it will be with my plane) than fault finding
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    Once I've nailed down the brake pedal issue. I'm starting from page 1 in the build manual to check everything but, bolt, split pin and cable. Then more shake downs. I'm in no rush anymore. I'm almost not even excited. So I can happily just taxi it for the next month before I get the final inspections down 😄
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    Right now, it only turns left 😄 Brake design is woeful. Some tinkering is needed.
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    I suspect that air was trapped in the park brake. Since I had to buy a quart of oil 🛢️ I may as well waste some. I will probably do a 'car' brake pump again soon. Lines are black unfortunately..if I ever replace them, I'll get clear for sure. Makes sense 😎
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    Hey I bought a syringe 💉. Did the left brake first. When I did the right brake, damned if I didn't see quite a few bubbles coming up into the reservoir! Reservoir is on the right, so I couldn't see what was happening on the left. Note that I first set up the brakes several years ago, doing the traditional pumping method. So in a sense I've done several techniques as you recommended 🙂
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    Don't worry about the motors, they are already, what, 90% efficient? It's the batteries where the next big leap needs to be. There is some hopeful news regarding sodium batteries. That should bring the cost down a lot. And increase safety. Weight is of course the next big issue to tackle...
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    I have what I have. Which is a tail dragger ultralight. I find on the tricycle undercarriage Tecnam I hire, if I want to do a sharp turn, I press down down hard on the pedals and wrench the hand brake at the same time. Feels much the same turn as a Warrior with toe brakes. In the hangar is a, I want to say Australian Lightwing. So I will 😄 which is tricycle and cables and drums. I doubt it could stop as quickly as my setup, but I wouldn't care either. Just operate it within its capabilities.
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    Yep, I actually think if I had a tricycle, I'd set up cables on a hand brake. Who cares you have to adjust it every now and then? At least it will be easier than adjusting drum brakes on a car, and they were hydraulic to boot- worst of BOTH worlds 😄
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    For all their inadequacies, I wish it was all cable operated! Although, having said that, cables on toe brakes would be quite a nightmare. What I have now is merely a bad dream in comparison 😄
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    Sigh. Ok, I don't have the manual handy but these look much like the parts. Same brand. Boy they make a lot of variations! System has four master cylinders (toe brakes) , a hydraulic park brake (illustrated is definitely the exact model) an external caliper on each main wheel for a total of two external calipers, and a reservoir some height above the toe brakes. Tubing is plastic. It's all so complicated I seriously wish I'd bought the tricycle model- I'd just install a handbrake like on the nynja. https://matcoals.com/product/master-cylinder-short-mc-4gh/ https://matcoals.com/product/be5-brk-assy-no-plt/ https://matcoals.com/product/parking-brake-valve-dual/
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    All new on my plane. By the time it's not, I'll probably have sold it. That was a concern about bottom up- you might be pushing crap into the system. But like I say, all new for me.
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    Interesting idea with the two different fuels RF. I never would have thought of it.
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    https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/citing-valve-damage-und-drops-unleaded-fuel-and-returns-to-100ll/
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    https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/citing-valve-damage-und-drops-unleaded-fuel-and-returns-to-100ll/
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    I realised after I ordered it that this device probably entails adding oil into the reservoir 😄. But it's only 23 bucks. Considering how much I've blown on a project I'm not even interested in anymore, it's chump change! So in the end maybe the syringe and hose will do what I want. I'm in Noumea right now. Maybe next week. If I fix the brakes I can taxi it. Might help make me excited about it
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    Just ordered a vacuum brake bleeder on eBay.
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    I've bled a few car brakes in my time, much like bluesadventures method. It's what dad taught me. I only mentioned it's mineral oil because someone started to go on a tangent about it so I thought I'd nip that in the bud. I fully understand the method should be much the same 🙂 I think I'll try the vacuum brake bleeder, else syringe and tube. Imma let that oil just overflow in the reservoir but wrap a rag around it first. Such a stupid design ..
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    No, I get it. If you keep pumping and it's going straight back to the reservoir, any bubbles are going to be at the top of the oil in the reservoir. So they don't get drawn back in. Nice simple idea. Only problem is one of the reasons I'm sold on'bottom up' is that it's ridiculously fiddly to open the lid of my reservoir. Hence I may as well go bottom up and maybe avoid opening the lid System is matco using mineral oil by the way.
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    Some of you guys bleed your brakes from the bottom up with some sort of pump. You've sold me on the idea. So now I need to know exactly what you are using. Specifically. Not a general comment, but specifics. If it's a popular thing to do there must be tools for it. So tell me you got a Maxx 2000 Brake Wonder from Supercheap or whatever that I can put oil in and hook it up to the bleed nipple, job done. Don't tell me you found some old oil can of a special type that hasn't been made in 50 years, and then modified it 'just so' with home made machined parts etc. I just need to get cracking 🙂
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    Dunno about your situation, but my simple setup just has the breathers poking out the bottom. To prevent mud wasps, I simply drilled a small hole in the breather about 10mm from the end and put a split pin through it. I got real fancy on one of them and used the split pin to hold the breather in place too 🙂
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    Sorry to be a Bernard (Yes Minister) but the euphemism of Kool Aid refers to crazy cult members killing themselves. This is the opposite, I assume of what you actually intended to imply with "take a sip of the Kool Aid" 😇
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    Definitely. A 90° turn is obviously much easier to accomplish.
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    Agreed. Engine has just failed. How long is the 'oh s@@t' moment? Now what height are you at? And airspeed dropped by how much? Now nose has to be dropped more dramatically. What height now? Now you're deciding if you should try to turn back because you've practiced at height and think you know it can be done. What height now? No, for most people, and definitely me, it's better that's not even a thought that enters my head.
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    Im a big believer in just not having the impossible turn in my 'vocabulary'. If straight out of the runway, it's within 30° from straight for me. I'm not an aerobatic pilot with thousands of hours under my belt...
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    Dunno. The pilot of the Jab in the example linked earlier survived. He kept it together even once his clothes caught on fire. Not saying I would be as determined but it's a real example of hanging in there and surviving.
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