Originally Posted by JackD

I use proportional brakes in 2 ways:

1) in short fields, apply 50% of brakes before landing
2) I put my brakes on a momentary switch and use servo slow. So on the ground, when you hit the swith, the brake comes in gradually, looking a lot more scale, and you have the chance to let go of the switch before the brake fully locks

On my mig, with the trailink link type of gear, if you hit a normal non proportional brake, the gear compresses and looks really bad (it works, but looks toyish)

so yes, I do see a use to proportional brakes... but it is not about being able to brake a little, is about the way the brakes engage... makes sense?