> In my opinion, brakes on a KR are safe for use in taxiing and not much > more, so cable drums are a safer option.
On a field as short as mine, if I didn't use brakes, I'd run off the end of the runway every single time. As was mentioned, it's just a matter of balancing back pressure on the stick with brake pedal pressure, with the goal of keeping the prop off the runway. Troy Petteway lands on a 5000' runway and uses brakes most of time. I remember the good ole days of flying off a 6000' runway, and it was nice to just hold back on the stick until it wouldn't go any further, and then wait for the tail to drop, but that doesn't happen on a 2600' strip in my airplane. I will admit that even Clevelands won't hold a Corvair powered KR at full throttle on runup, so I don't do full throttle on runup. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
