Steerable Nose Gear Wheel Brake ?.
02-09-2004, 12:33 PM
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Steerable Nose Gear Wheel Brake ?.
Years ago (1966), when I built my first RC Model (A Falcon 56) and a Heathkit Radio, I put a brake on the nosewheel. It was a coiled spring wrapped around a drum on the wheel which was linked through a loop to the elevator servo...on with down elevator. I found it handy as heck for smooth strip taxiing and holding the plane still prior to take offs. Does anybody make and supply such or other similar device? I found it to be the "nuts"and hard to believe something similar is'nt still being made and supplied, Blue
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RE: Steerable Nose Gear Wheel Brake ?.
Dubro makes one. It is DuBro Part Number 157.
Hobby Lobby also has an electric brake that works from a 9V battery.
Dan
Hobby Lobby also has an electric brake that works from a 9V battery.
Dan
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RE: Steerable Nose Gear Wheel Brake ?.
Blue:
I believe the ones you used back then (me too) are the Rocket City Wheel Brakes.
Tower Hobbies has them, catalog no. ROCQ1104 04 Wheel Brakes (2) for $6.00 - tower price is $5.79.
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I believe the ones you used back then (me too) are the Rocket City Wheel Brakes.
Tower Hobbies has them, catalog no. ROCQ1104 04 Wheel Brakes (2) for $6.00 - tower price is $5.79.
feihu
02-10-2004, 02:48 AM
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RE: Steerable Nose Gear Wheel Brake ?.
What I do... I slip a 1/4 inch piece of fuel tube between th nosewheel and the wheel collar. Press the wheel collar to compress the tube to about 1/8 inch as you tighten the set screw. You have a decent amount of drag added to the nosewheel.
Result on something like a .25 powered Sig Kobra... the plane needs about 1/4 throttle to start rolling... but the wheel still turns well for steering.
Its simple, quick and CHEAP! Works on at least up to .60 size planes. (haven't tried it on larger... haven't had a larger one with a nosewheel.)
Result on something like a .25 powered Sig Kobra... the plane needs about 1/4 throttle to start rolling... but the wheel still turns well for steering.
Its simple, quick and CHEAP! Works on at least up to .60 size planes. (haven't tried it on larger... haven't had a larger one with a nosewheel.)
The disk is no problem.
