Yes... the few contest I flew in I remeber having to come to a stop before take off and stopping before running off the runway.

Seems brakes where an in thing baclk then also. It was a little tricky setting them up with retracts. Especialy if you used the down throw of you elevator to make them work. It still amazes me that we where able to get tri-cycle gear, brakes, Rom-Aire rettracts all in a .60 size airplane and still -try- to keep it under 8lbs.

Wayne