After I hosed the wheel pants and brakes down and got things cooled off and no longer smoking, I had to push the plane back to the hangar from the wash rack, which isn't too far, but still kind of a long ways at the end of a day. As I was pushing it back I noticed that there was brake fluid leaking out of the right brake. I pushed the plane about 1/2 the way into the hangar and took the wheel pants off. Once I got the leaks stopped, I pushed the plane the rest of the way in. It was kind of a demoralizing site to see the brake calipers smoked like that, but it could have been a lot worse.
A word to the wise - STAY OFF THE BRAKES!!! Its really easy to drag them and this video is a document to what can happen.
25 апр 2010
