brakes
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November 05, 2020
Editors Note: Even when taking precautions tow out gear accidents happen. A report from this accident pictured above. " I heard a metallic sound and saw a wing lift in the rearview mirror, so stopped the pickup. Immediately its left-wing smashed against the tailgate while the tail went swiftly past the driver-side window and slammed into the front fender. Putting this together analytically, a powerful
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December 29, 2016
Excited to fly your new toy, winter will be coming soon and you are desperately trying to get some flights in before the snow shuts everything down...Snow, clearly not talking about Southern California. You have a few things you should be tinkering on, but it is another soaring day so you postpone it.
The brakes could use some adjustments. But it's going to take a while to take them apart,
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February 25, 2016
The pilot from NM will remain nameless but the deer whistles he received at the pilots meeting will remain priceless. It was a beautiful landing, however as the antelope was sighted running across the roll-out path of the glider it was evident that the weak drum brake was not going to be sufficient...
Have you ever landed and wished you would stop rolling, maybe a rough field or a glider stopped