dhal22,

When you read this thread and see in the crate the Oldest Taurus on Earth, the plane probably did have a nosewheel brake.
The mainwheels didn't have brakes that was for sure.
That was the reason I did give the VRCS a message the Taurus they have wasn't the Taurus Ed did use during the Nats in 1962 as they say in the movy on Internet. This Taurus doesnot have any brake because it are the remains of two Taurusses.

Ed Kazmirski was the inventor of the brakes on the mainwheels and we only see these on the Top Flite Taurus Ed did use to promote.
The invention of these brakes is a little earlier than the Top Flite preproduction model, but later then the Oldest Taurus on Earth!

The dimensions of frontwheel brakes always are bigger than the brakes on the backside wheels, also with cars.
That's because they can be more effective and that's why we use the brakes on the front wheel on our recumbents.

I will try the nosewheelbrake again, just to see!
How do I go to the field?
During my early period on a bicycle and for me it is not problem to do it again.
This afternoon I again will go to a field nearby on mu recumbent, not taking with me a plane.

Cees