Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

[Tom Baker]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I was just wondering how your (my?) BD12D project is coming along Tom... Love to see it sometime if I could stop by.

mike jones i have been working on it but it is slow. drop in anytime best to call first. tom baker

[John N43951]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

John - Please remind me in about a month. Forrest is busy going to trusteeshipness training so it will be after T'giving before he's free to look around. If someone has one that I make drawings from, I'll let the world know - Mike

Mike, did you ever come up with dual brake setup?? time flys when your having fun, days are getting longer & if volcano settles down flying will be good. Thanks John

[mhorowit]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

JOhn - sorry - I was doing well on it when something else demanded attention (looking for an airplane) and I haven't gotten back to it. Thanks for the reminder - MIke

[Yellow Duck]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

Tom,

I also would like the drawings. Am now giving dual to my son-in-law and now two Grand Sons.

Thanks

Lee Dautreuil
6308 Brady Dr.
New Iberia, Louisiana 70560

ps: Any cost involved, I will send the money.
Lee

[VictorBravo]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I was just wondering how your (my?) BD12D project is coming along Tom... Love to see it sometime if I could stop by.

Can anyone tell me what a "BD-12D" is?? I have actually seen that designation used occasionally, and never could figure out what it means. I am unaware of any Taylorcrafts built with engines beginning with the letter D, or diesel Taylorcrafts, etc. Was there ever a BD Taylorcraft or is it just a frequent typo error? Good GOD don't tell me Jim Bede was ever involved...

[mhorowit]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

Tom,

I also would like the drawings. Am now giving dual to my son-in-law and now two Grand Sons.

Thanks

Lee Dautreuil
6308 Brady Dr.
New Iberia, Louisiana 70560

ps: Any cost involved, I will send the money.
Lee

Lee - in the interim, I recall someone suggested having the student sit on the right side - Mike

[Yellow Duck]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

Mike when you don't have a horse, you ride a mule. Whatever works. lol

[gilligansae]

Re: Engineering drawings for "strap-on" dual brakes?

I could use a copy of the dwgs as well. It sure would help me with my right seat time....

I could send SASE if needed or reimburse for postage....

Jeff LaChausse
326 Parma View Drive
Hilton, NY 14468

[OA-MAP]

I know this thread has been dormant for many years now, but was anyone ever able to come up with some "engineering drawings" for the "strap-on" dual brakes? I would be very interested to find out how this works. I have been wanting to add brakes to the right side of our Tcraft ever since we got the plane, as we use it exclusively for a primary trainer. I have simply been keeping students in the right seat until they are competent on the rudders and I feel that I can trust them to swap seats.

[Robert Lees]

Holy Cow, Batman! Another old thread resurrection!
Welcome to the Forum, OA-MAP!

I own (and have owned) two UK-based Taylorcraft, in which I think about forty or more tailwheel pilots have cut their taildragging teeth over the last 25-35 years or so, including myself. Neither Taylorcraft had right-hand brakes, and the Instructor always sat in the right. Most of the instruction/conversion on hard runway. None have ever ground-looped.

Find the right Instructor (and in our case there were several over those 25-35 years; I'm not one of them).

Rob

[Hank Jarrett]

My 45 has factory RH brakes, but the cables haven't been hooked up and there were no pedals. Brakes are really NOT that great an idea in my opinion, especially for students. They don't work very well most of the time and can cause real problems if mashed at the wrong time. Taylorcrafts are great examples of planes that need energy management. If you want to see what the RH brakes system looks like I have lots of photos. These are welded in mounts that seem to have never been hooked up from the factory. The mounts were under the floor boards and I doubt most prior owners ever knew they were there.