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If you're going to fly airport to airport or only go into 1000' landing areas you probably don't need good brakes.  If you want to use large tires and go into 400' or less landing areas you have to have good brakes and learn how to use them.  I have the Matco triple puck brakes and the master cylinders with the remote reservoir so you can mount them close to the rocker tube; and they work great.  They will lock up the 30" tires if needed but are not touchy.  You also need good brakes to maneuver through nasty rocks and holes when taxiing on river gravel bars, etc. There is no option but to have good brakes, balance your plane to keep about 50 lbs on your tail wheel and learn how to use your brakes.  A good excersize is to learn how to taxi with your tail wheel off the ground using power and brakes.

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Are the pedals you made based on the Decathlon pedals? Do you have sizes or drawings for them?

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I have larger Aero Classic 21" tires. Larger diameter tires need better braking due to the added leverage.

 

Although you can have too much brake authority that will end you up on the nose.

The biggest fault I find with the Avid breaking is that there's not enough room from the top of the break pedal to the firewall cross bar. Your toe can get hung up as you brake.

 

John M mo

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Started from scratch.  The complete Avid/early Kitfox design is crap IMO.

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You wouldn't happen to have drawings of these so I could have some made?

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