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How do you check your brakes in the air? Is there an indicator?
by skellera 7y ago
How do you check your brakes in the air? Is there an indicator?
- t0mas88 7y agoTwo things to check, 1: Is the parkingbrake off (just look at the switch) and 2: Press the brakes and feel that there is pressure. If there is a hydraulic leak in a small plane you'll feel that there is no pressure behind the pedals. They work the same as a car.
- chopin 7y agoCurious: What do you do in such an event?
- t0mas88 7y agoDivert to an airport with as long a runway as possible and fly a "short field" approach. That uses maximum flaps and aims at minimum touchdown speed. You can land and stop most small planes in under 200m that way (if the brakes work) Most commercial airports have runways of well over 2000m, So you just land there and let it roll out. Large planes typically have multiple hydraulic systems, and within those systems there are "fuses" and accumulators to protect the vital parts (flight controls, brakes) in case there is a leak in another part.