Marc Olson
GONE WEST
Seattle, WA
In the recent Cub Clues there was an article about the AOSS (I don't have it at hand, don't recall the author).
One 'comparison' the author made was how the plane felt when landing on a gravel bar with the brakes locked. He noted less 'hop' with the AOSS than with bungies. Mikey and I were talking about this (while parked on a nearby river bar) and wondering if that's a common technique. Seems like it would be hard on the brakes and gear to load them up initially on landing. Not to mention the risk of locking the brakes while traveling at a high speed (initial landing point) relative to waiting to brake during the landing roll.
I wasn't able to find an easy search to uncover whether this topic had been covered in previous threads.
Marc
One 'comparison' the author made was how the plane felt when landing on a gravel bar with the brakes locked. He noted less 'hop' with the AOSS than with bungies. Mikey and I were talking about this (while parked on a nearby river bar) and wondering if that's a common technique. Seems like it would be hard on the brakes and gear to load them up initially on landing. Not to mention the risk of locking the brakes while traveling at a high speed (initial landing point) relative to waiting to brake during the landing roll.
I wasn't able to find an easy search to uncover whether this topic had been covered in previous threads.
Marc