hyd brakes vs heel

[tunnel rat]

I forgot who made the comment about the original brakes,but speaking from experiance! the story is most likely true ,this is why i say this. due to an anti-tank mine explosion that shattered my left foot and crushed my ankle, when i first started flying i hated toe brakes,becuse my fused ankle made it impossiable to use my toes,so i had to lift my whole foot up so i could push with my heel it was a real struggle for ground ops in my cessna 120,i guess i was lucky i never ground looped it, so i am looking forward to my first attempts at ground ops in the t-craft,ithink i am going to love heel brakes

[Forrest Barber]

You will like them..... i have flown many types, shapes & sizes but I love the simple heel brake. the Prototype had no brakes, then they came up with the system for the Shinn brakes. C.G. Taylor had a crippled leg from polio and of course wore the shoe with the big heel and these worked good for him.....As an instructor I can reach over with my left foot, (the toe portion) and apply both brakes if necessary and even rock my foot side to side to get differential action too. Just tell the student to move his feet up a bit . It works for me.

[Acroeric]

I like them too! They are not strong enough to get you in too much trouble during landing and if adjusted properly they will hold up to and 0-200 at power. You will not find a lighter wheel brake combination. I have installed right side brakes in the clipwing so I can have something to use while I am teaching my daughter to fly.

[taylorcraftbc65]

Hyd. vs. Heel Brakes

Hi guys, I was on for a couple of days, then I made the mistake of hitting the logout button and having to re-apply in order to send or recieve posts. as a result, a question that I had kind of fell by the wayside. With the advice of other members, I decided not to replace the stock BC65 brakes with Hydaulic ones unless absolutly necessary. but that still leaves me with another question, what about the mechanical brakes used on the F-19?
I looked at the Cleveland diagram (part # C 7000), and they look a lot less apt to cam over (the reason the one I bought was 4 years out of annual), than the originals. I concider Slips on final to
a crosswind landing at a remote strip to be good clean fun, so
differential braking is a must for me. I was notified that I had a reply the other day, and I coulden't find it. I am a neophyte at
this internet stuff, so please just answer me on the open forum.
Sabrina

[Forrest Barber]

The ones on the F-19 use the straight as opposed to your taper axle lots of modification IF you can get them.....

[taylorcraftbc65]

mech. brakes

Forrest,
I looked on the factory site and found the old parts lists. I saw the page that showed the new gear legs with the straight axles.
They offered them either stripped ar covered through the
silver stage. halfway down the page, there was a listing for the
F-19 brake assys both left and right sides. Does anyone here know if these parts are still available? If they are, I'll pester the factory to see how much they will cost me, and if I can get them in time to put them on before the fly-in.
Thanks,
Sabrina