Avidmagnum
Joined: 18 Nov 2006
Posts: 19
Location: Wisconsin, Florida
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: Poor Brakes on 701 with CZECH Amphibs (1150A with 4 wheels) |
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Wow..I just did not know how bad the braking design was on my CH701 till I put it on the Amphibious Floats. I blamed it on poor brake in, grease, oil...whatever. Could not lock up the brakes for run up. I then added a second Amphibian (same floats CZECH 1150A)on a RANS S7 in Florida. Broke in the brakes the same way I did on the 701 and what a shock! Great brakes! Turn on a dime! (The only major difference was the pedal design.)
Hummm. Back to Wisconsin for Christmas and time to do a look over of my 701. Did a search on this site and saw that other were having problems. I made modifications that were on the 601 site on this link.
http://www.ch601.org/resources/brake_mod/brake_mod.htm What a difference! The Matco brakes call for about 450 lbs of pressure and I could not get near that with the stock pedal design. If you fly with the nose wheel not as big a deal. But with out the steering nose wheel good brakes are a MUST if you want to turn!
Tom Schulke
701SP Rotax 912ULS, Warp drive prop, NO SLATS!, Czech 1150 amphibs. 236 hours, GREAT BRAKES! Everything is beautiful!!!
Anyway.... thanks for all that post great ideas on this site!
Let's keep Life Positive...........
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